settle down

Questions about settle down

What does settle down mean?

settle down means "settle into a position, usually on a surface or ground". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for settle down?

Close synonyms include settle, settle, root, take root, steady down. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is settle down a common word?

settle down is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.