put something down to something phrasal verb (see also put)

1. to think that something is caused by something else:
I was having difficulty reading, which I put down to the poor light.

2. put it down to experience to try not to feel too upset about failure, especially when you learn something useful from it:
Everyone gets rejected from time to time; put it down to experience.

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put down to
to explain something as being caused by something else
The police put the accident down to the bad road conditions at the time.

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put down to something
to explain something as being caused by something else
The police put the accident down to the bad road conditions at the time.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲

put something down to
to explain something as being caused by something else
The police put the accident down to the bad road conditions at the time.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲

put something down to something
to explain something as being caused by something else
The police put the accident down to the bad road conditions at the time.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲