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settle down

settle down


verb 
Definition:
 
1. transitive and intransitive verb make or become calm: to become calm, quiet, or orderly, or cause somebody or something to become calm, quiet, or orderly

2. intransitive verb live orderly life: to begin a stable, orderly, and often conventional way of life

3. intransitive verb do something diligently: to begin doing something in a diligent and orderly way
settled down to her morning's work

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