1. settle down - Verb
2. settle down - Phrase
become quiet or calm, especially after a state of agitation
become settled or established and stable in one's residence or life style
settle into a position, usually on a surface or ground
Source: WordNetWhat is this enigmatic impulse that does not allow one to settle down in the achieved, the finished? I think it is a quest for reality. Czesław Miłosz
After a good-looking boy gives you rabies two, three times, you'll settle down and marry somebody less exciting for the rest of your life. Chuck Palahniuk
People should watch out for three things: avoid a major addiction, don't get so deeply into debt that it controls your life, and don't start a family before you're ready to settle down. James Taylor
Texas is OK if you want to settle down and do your own thing quietly, but it's not for outrageous people, and I was always outrageous. Janis Joplin
Beautiful Delilah, dressed in the latest style Swingin' like a pendulum, walkin' down the aisle Deep romantic eyes, speak so low in miles Maybe she will settle down and marry after a while. Chuck Berry
Perhaps we should all settle down and think about what's good in the world and what we want to do here. If we find this planet and its history and its story to be sacred, let's preserve and nourish it, and then we can go home at night and say whatever prayers we choose. Ursula Goodenough