to settle into
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3.3
- phrasal verb
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- Before long we had a few kids, and I settled into my job at ICG as a systems analyst.
- settle into a routine
- settle into a new life
And just as you're settling into their arms, they push you off.
- And just as you're settling into their arms, they push you off.
- So we do tend to settle into relatively stable pair bonds.
- We've learned a whole lot, but we're not just trying to settle into a comfortable thing.
- Just gonna get a little settled into our new home.
- All of this to say, we've gotten pretty good at settling into places very quickly.
- So we settled into this idea that I don't know what my passion is.
- And so that is a weird thing to kind of like settle into.
- And so you either dwell on it or you attack it or you settle into somewhere in the middle.
- The devaluing phase tends to happen just as you start to feel more settled into the relationship as a real relationship.
- He says that we can look at the familiar way, the familiar process by which any individual settles into new opinions.
- And what's now happened is that we've settled into a sense that, oh, it's, it'll always be nothing.
- And she's also one of these people who has an enormous awareness of how she's feeling when she does settle into herself.
- And it took me a while to settle into that, into the profession, into the, into the kind of mould.
Examples
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Daily life, which had been full of starts and uncertainties, settled into a routine.
Fiction book (1991) -
Social Services obtained a small house for her, and she settled into the community.
Academic text (2009) -
Just gonna get a little settled into our new home.
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I need to settle into my house.
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I'll hit you up when I get settled into college.
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I'm going to help you settle into a new place so you can live right here in town.
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I see you're settling into our routine very nicely.
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Mac and Annabel were early for their flight and settled into the Clipper Club at the airport.
Fiction book (1990) -
But once here in Prentiss, her life and Merritt's had settled into a routine.
Fiction book (1993) -
After moving to a new city, it took her a few weeks to settle into her new job and surroundings.
Synonyms
540
2.8
To become calm and still after movement or excitement
514
2.4
Begin to feel comfortable with something that once felt strange
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3.0
To get used to new conditions like a new place or routine
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3.6
To make someone used to something so it feels normal
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3.3
To start to feel comfortable and at home in a new place or job
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2.9
Slowly get used to a new place or situation
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3.1
Sit down and relax as if you are at home
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5.2
To get used to a new climate, place, or situation
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6.1
To get used to a new climate or place
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6.7
To get used to something new so it no longer seems strange
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6.3
To work smoothly and easily after a short time
How Comfortable
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'to become comfortable with or adjust to' is directly derivable from combining 'settle' (establish oneself or take up residence) with 'into' (indicating a change or movement into a state or place). This verb + preposition composition signals entering a new stable state or environment and is cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents will likely infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Settle into comes from the simple picture of sitting down and letting things fall into place. When you settle into a chair or a new home you sink in and feel at ease, so settle into means 'to become comfortable with or adjust to'.