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put sth down to sth
put sth down to sth — phrasal verb with put /pʊt/ verb (PRESENT TENSE putting, PAST TENSE AND PAST PARTICIPLE put)
► F0 to think that a problem or situation is caused by a particular thing: » I put the children's bad behaviour down to the fact that they were tired.Thesaurus+: ↑Concluding and deducing• • • Extra Examples:» I'd always put his lack of confidence down to his strange upbringing.» She did seem rather unhappy, but I just put it down to the pressure she was under at work. |