take up residence

Verb

Meaning

take up residence

To begin living in a place.
After moving to London, I took up residence in a two-bedroom flat.

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My son Cooper has just turned ten and the sarcasm fairy has already started to take up residence inside his body. Not only am I living with my mother - again! - but I've also got her mini-me to contend with. Melissa Rivers

The latest & loudest thing in your psyche is seldom the most important thing that should take up residence there. David Allen (author)

After his death the surviving daughters were banished from the court by their brother, the pious Louis, to take up residence in the convents they had been bequeathed by their father. Source: Internet

Abe invites her to take up residence in his garage until she finds another place to live, and from that moment on, his life with Joanna changes forever. Source: Internet

So, through a chain of events, when toxic seaweed tries to take up residence on this species of coral, the coral is able to promptly beckon its goby-inhabitants to defend against the danger. Source: Internet

A similar phenomenon could affect IT workforces that take up residence in home offices to perform remote work. Source: Internet

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