"settle on" meaning in English

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      "form": "settles on",
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        "singular",
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    },
    {
      "form": "settling on",
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        "participle",
        "present"
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    },
    {
      "form": "settled on",
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        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "settled on",
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  "pos": "verb",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The grounds settled on the bottom of the pot.",
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        }
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        "Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see settle, on."
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          "settle#English"
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          "on",
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        {
          "text": "He looked at all the colors for a long time before finally settling on a sage green.",
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        {
          "text": "settle on a plan",
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      "glosses": [
        "To make a decision or selection; to decide, arrange, or agree on."
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          "decide",
          "decide"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To confer (an annuity, etc) upon by permanent grant; to assure to. (Compare settle (“formally, legally secure”).)"
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      "form": "settles on",
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        "present",
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    },
    {
      "form": "settling on",
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          "text": "He looked at all the colors for a long time before finally settling on a sage green.",
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        },
        {
          "text": "settle on a plan",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To make a decision or selection; to decide, arrange, or agree on."
      ],
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          "selection",
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