The phrase "afterward settle" is not correct in standard written English.
It may be intended to convey the idea of resolving or finalizing something after a certain point in time, but the phrasing is awkward.
Example: "We will discuss the details of the project and afterward settle on a final decision."
Alternatives: "subsequently resolve" or "later finalize".
They will take a walking trip through Central Europe, and afterward settle down somewhere for reflection & contemplation, possibly in Henry James' old house at Rye, in England, which they are trying to rent.
Afterward, settle into one of the thronelike chairs at River Gods (125 River Street; 617-576-1881; rivergodsonline.com), a neighborhood pub where D.J.'s spin an esoteric mix of music, from '60s French pop to Bollywood funk, surrounded by gilded angels and stuffed nun dolls in a scene that's not unlike a house party at a Bizarro World rectory.
He earned a bachelor's degree in art history from Oberlin College in 1953 and afterward settled in New York, where he soon made his artistic reputation.
But he looked more comfortable once he tossed away the shades and, soon afterward, settled down to the piano at the end of "Stereo".
He was preoccupied with the pacification of Syria until 275, when, utilizing Indian elephants brought from the east, he defeated the Gauls, who were afterward settled by their allies in Phrygia to make it a buffer state.
The mother of the subject was Miss Elizabeth Walker, a daughter of Judge William Winston Walker, of Jamestown, Va., whose ancestors early came to America, they, as well as the Watts, taking sides with the colonists during their trouble with the mother country, afterward settling in Virginia and Maryland.
"This is what black people do!" Gooding, Jr. said afterward, settling back into his chair.
Shortly afterward Richler settled in England.
Not long afterward, Goldman settled the charges for $550 million, a record fine at the time.
Afterward, he settled at the fledgling Virginia Military Institute in Lexington and became an indifferent professor of artillery who often frustrated his students because of his inflexibility.
Afterward, he settled in Taos — for a while, anyway — to raise a family and a flock of sheep with his wife, Josefa Jaramillo; he had married her in 1843, when he was thirty-three and she was fourteen.
