put down to
Third Person
puts down to
Present Participle
putting down to
Past Tense
put down to
Past Participle
put down to
1
to attribute something to a particular cause
- His success can be put down to years of hard work and dedication.
- She put his bad mood down to lack of sleep.
- The teacher put the students’ confusion down to the difficult material.
- He put the delay down to heavy traffic.
- They put the team’s success down to hard work and dedication.