Some examples and use cases from the internet:

Some examples and use cases from the internet:

• 6 verb If you settleyourself somewhere or settle somewhere, you sit down or make yourself comfortable. Albert settled himself on the sofa... V pron
• 7. make comfortable, park (informal), install, plonk (informal), ensconce, bed down Albert settled himself on the sofa. 8. subside, fall, sink, decline, gravitate Once ...
• make comfortable, park (informal), install, plonk (informal), ensconce, bed down • Albert settled himself on the sofa. = subside, fall, sink, decline, gravitate • Once ...
• refl prep/ adv
• Aug 20, 2012 ... settled himself on the sofa. Explanation: Definitely "on" the sofa", not "in". But for some reason "settled on the sofa" or "settled down on the sofa" ...

• 2. to arrange or be arranged in a fixed or comfortable position: he settled himself by the fire. 3. (intr) to come to rest or a halt: a bird settled on the hedge. 4. to take  ...
• He settled himself comfortably in his usual chair. I settled her on the sofa and put a blanket over her. 6[transitive] settle something + adv./prep. to put something ...
• Aug 20, 2012 ... 4 +1, settled himself on the sofa ... I would use the reflexive form. "Settled himself down" would mean lie down and make himself comfortable.
• ... to arrange or be arranged in a fixed or comfortable position ⇒ he settled himself by the fire; (intransitive) to come to rest or a halt ⇒ a bird settled on the hedge ...