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Definition of Steady down
1. Verb. Become settled or established and stable in one's residence or life style. "He finally settled down"
Generic synonyms: Stabilise, Stabilize
Specialized synonyms: Roost
Lexicographical Neighbors of Steady Down
Literary usage of Steady down
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Belgravia by Mary Elizabeth Braddon (1869)
"Not much chance for a young man to steady down scampering over the Continent with
plenty of money at his command," observed Mr. Skeffington. " I don't know. ..."
2. All the Year Round: A Weekly Journal by Charles Dickens (1869)
"But that we felt it were now high time to steady down, and putt our shoulders to
the wheel. Tom was franker than ever I know'd him. ..."
3. The Art of Investment by Morrell Walker Gaines (1922)
"The steady down grade is obvious. It is broken only faintly by the upward drives
in the stock market, and still less distinctly as matters progressed, ..."
4. Marine Engineer and Naval Architect edited by [Anonymus AC02767386] (1896)
"On raising steam and forcing the fire the propellers were seen to revolve in a
direction indicating a steady down current in either one or both of the tubes ..."
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