Collocations for settle - verb

amicably, peacefully
Hopes of settling the conflict peacefully are fading.

eventually, finally
The matter has not yet been finally settled.

out of court
The company has agreed to settle out of court (= come to an agreement without going to court).

attempt to, try to
agree to

for
I ran well but still had to settle for second.

on
After much deliberation, he finally settled on a fur rug.

with
After six months the company finally settled with the unions.

an attempt to settle sth

permanently
He has now settled permanently in London.

eventually, finally
happily

decide to, intend to

be densely settled, be sparsely settled
a fertile area that was densely settled in early times

be ready to settle down
She felt she wasn't yet ready to settle down.

comfortably, happily, peacefully
He settled himself more comfortably in his chair.

quickly, soon
slowly

be unable to, cannot
Unable to settle, she trailed around the house all day.
He was anxious and couldn't settle.

allow sb to, let sb
She kept fussing around, refusing to let him settle.

help (to), help sb (to)
I took a pill to help settle my nerves.

settle down to do sth
Finally they settled down to watch an old movie.

happily, nicely
The kids settled happily into their new school.

quickly, soon

for
They prepared to settle in for the night.

Settle is used with these nouns as the subject:
calm, dusk, dust, immigrant, silence, snow

Settle is used with these nouns as the object:
account, affair, argument, bill, case, charge, claim, conflict, controversy, debate, debt, difference, disagreement, dispute, estate, feud, frontier, grievance, issue, litigation, matter, nerve, problem, quarrel, question, squabble, stomach, strike, suit, territory, vendetta