PUT (SOMETHING) DOWN TO (SOMETHING)


Meaning of PUT (SOMETHING) DOWN TO (SOMETHING) in English

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.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.