settle down to

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settle down to something

to give something all of your attention I settled down to read about the festival and what I could do there.

Usage notes: often said about a meal: After work, we all settle down to a home-cooked dinner.

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my very dear brother, I should like to settle down to a better life. Notre-Dame de Paris by Hugo, Victor View in context So long as home conditions had remained unchanged, Lilla was content to put ambition far from her, and to settle down to the life which had been hers as long as she could remember. The Lair of the White Worm by Stoker, Bram View in context That night it was more than usually difficult for her to settle down to her own work. A Millionaire of Yesterday by Oppenheim, E. Phillips View in context			set the scene for set the stage for set the table set the tone set the wheels in motion set the world on fire set to set to do set to music set to work set tongues wagging set type set up set up against set up as set up for life set up housekeeping set up shop set up shop somewhere set upon settle settle a score settle a score with settle affairs settle down settle down to settle for settle hash settle in settle into settle old scores settle on settle stomach settle up with seven seven-year itch seventh sever ties with several several irons in the fire sew sew up sewed up sex sez shack up shackle with shade shades of shadow shadow of oneself			settle a score settle a score settle a score settle a score settle a score with settle accounts settle accounts settle accounts settle accounts settle accounts settle accounts with settle affairs settle affairs settle affairs settle affairs settle amicably settle an account settle back Settle bed settle by authoritative decision settle by conciliation settle by covenant settle by decree Settle Carlisle Railway Business Liaison Group settle differences settle disputes settle down settle down settle down settle down settle down to settle estate settle estate settle estate settle firmly settle for settle for settle for settle for settle hash settle hash settle hash settle hash settle in settle in settle in settle in advance Settle in Cash settle in one’s mind settle into settle old scores settle on settle on settle on settle on settle on by deliberate will settle on or upon settle order on notice Settle price Settle Prices settle stomach

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