put it down to experience
Definition
› to decide that instead of being upset about something bad that has happened or that you have done, you will learn from it: Okay, so you made a mistake - you just have to put it down to experience and carry on with your life. There's nothing we can do about it now, we'll just have to experience.Knowing and learning
(Definition of put it down to experience from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- article noun (LAW)
- assimilate verb (LEARN)
- brain training noun
- cram verb (LEARN)
- cut your political, professional, etc. teeth idiom
- familiar adjective (EASY TO RECOGNIZE)
- heathen noun
- hit the books idiom
- know sth like the back of your hand idiom
- know verb (HAVE INFORMATION)
- know what you are talking about idiom
- orientation noun (TRAINING)
- osmosis noun (IDEAS)
- recognition noun (KNOWING)
- review verb (STUDY)
- shadow verb (FOLLOW)
- sit under sb phrasal verb
- steep sth/sb in sth phrasal verb
- swot up (sth) phrasal verb
- swot verb
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