settle on
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[edit]Verb
[edit]settle on (third-person singular simple present settles on, present participle settling on, simple past and past participle settled on)
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see settle, on.
- The grounds settled on the bottom of the pot.
- To make a decision or selection; to decide, arrange, or agree on.
- He looked at all the colors for a long time before finally settling on a sage green.
- settle on a plan
- To confer (an annuity, etc) upon by permanent grant; to assure to. (Compare settle (“formally, legally secure”).)