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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.
See also: down, settle
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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
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