settle (something) on (someone)

phrasal verb

settled (something) on (someone); settling (something) on (someone); settles (something) on (someone)

chiefly British

: to arrange to give (money or property) to (someone)

She settled her whole fortune on her grandchildren.

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Each of these little piezoelectric zaps pulls more dissolved gold out of the surrounding fluids to settle on the grains already there. —

Michael Irving, New Atlas, 2 Sep. 2024 Di’Anno joined Iron Maiden in 1978, at a point when the still-fledgling group had been performing for several years but had yet to settle on a sturdy lineup. —

Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 21 Oct. 2024 While warm weather has delayed snowfall across the state, a hazardous weather outlook for northeast and north-central Colorado indicated between 1 and 3 inches of snow could settle on areas above 9,000 feet through Friday night. —

Max Levy, The Denver Post, 19 Oct. 2024 The writers struggle a bit more to settle on an arc for Liz (Christa Miller), Jimmy’s bossy, buttinsky neighbor. —

Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 15 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for settle (something) on (someone)

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