Base
Settle
Settle verb - To cause to come to rest at the bottom (as of a liquid).
Common collocations
| team | base team | settle team |
Both words in one sentence
- Kingdom of Loathing subverts this: "While unicorns will lay their heads in the laps of virgins, uniclopses will settle for a girl who doesn't go past second base on the first date."
Source: Nature Adores a Virgin - The well-armed migrants settle in the abandoned Nellis Air Force Base, becoming known as the Boomers.
- Not to mention, tropes like Broken Base and Internet Backdraft are (nearly) inevitably going to settle for certain works.
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