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can settle down

Reine

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Someone has passed his final exams and now he can return back home, look for a job, get engaged with his current girl friend and later get married
Do you say ‘Congratulations !!! I’m really happy for you. Now you can settle down?’
Someone has passed his final exams and now he can return back home, look for a job, get engaged with his current girl friend and later get married
Do you say ‘Congratulations !!! I’m really happy for you. Now you can settle down?’

Whether by accident or typographical error, you've used the phrase as a question. Yes, you can say "Now you can settle down" but it would be a statement, not a question.
Whether by accident or typographical error, you've used the phrase as a question. Yes, you can say "Now you can settle down" but it would be a statement, not a question.

To me 'settle down' usually means 'get a steady job, set up a home and start to raise a family'. In the original context I would be more likely to say "Now you can relax / take it easy ..."
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