Daily life
settle into a routine
become comfortable with a regular routine
To settle into a routine means to gradually become comfortable with a regular pattern of activities.
Hear it in real life
How is your new schedule?
It's fine now; I've settled into a routine.
The children settled into a routine after starting at their new school.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: I settled in a routine after moving house.
Say: I settled into a routine after moving house.
Use "settle into" when you gradually become comfortable with a routine; "settle in" cannot be followed directly by "a routine" in this meaning.
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
settle into a routine; settled into a routine
Your turn: say it out loud
The children settled into a routine after starting at their new school.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
settle into a routine
become comfortable with a regular routine
“The children settled into a routine after starting at their new school.”
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