take up residence

some place to make a residence of a place. Ed took up residence in a small efficiency apartment. It looks as if a family of mice has taken up residence in the cupboard.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
RuaidrÍ	-	Irish
Brody	BRO-dee	English
Siegfried	ZEEK-freet (German)	German, Germanic Mythology
Atwell	['ætwəl]
Ivan	ee-VAHN (Russian, Ukrainian), IE-vən (English)	Russian, Bulgarian, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Serbian, Croatian, Czech, Slovak, Macedonian, Slovene, En
Raheem	rah-HEE:M	Arabic