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settle on

   Also found in: Dictionary/thesaurus, Legal, Financial, Encyclopedia, Wikipedia, Hutchinson 0.01 sec.
settle on something
to decide on something. We've discussed the merits of all of them, and we've settled on this one. I can't settle on one or the other, so I'll buy both.
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settle on something also settle upon something
to make a decision or come to an agreement about something My parents finally settled on my punishment - I would use my summer wages to pay for the repairs. The two sides have not yet settled on a price.
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A Fox once saw a Crow fly off with a piece of cheese in its beak and settle on a branch of a tree.
The little matter of the caricature we will settle on a future occasion.
After I have gone, remember never to let the flies settle on your food before you eat it; and do not sleep on the ground when the rains are coming.
 
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