put sth down to sth
— phrasal verb with put uk
/pʊt/ us
/pʊt/ verb present participle putting, past tense and past participle put
› to think that a problem or situation is caused by a particular thing:
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- 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.
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