"settle upon" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-settle upon.ogg Forms: settles upon [present, singular, third-person], settling upon [participle, present], settled upon [participle, past], settled upon [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} settle upon (third-person singular simple present settles upon, present participle settling upon, simple past and past participle settled upon)
  1. (idiomatic) Synonym of settle on Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: settle on [synonym, synonym-of]

Inflected forms

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