put down to

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put down to

verb puts down to · putting down to · put down to

idiomatic To ascribe; to assume to be the cause of a situation. I put the high crime rate down to the high unemployment.
Similar: attribute, chalk up to, impute, accredit, ascribe, attach, charge, draw, lay, put down to, repose

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verb ascribe

中文	歸因於 /归因于 guīyīn yú

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@misc{put_down_to_2026,
  title = {put down to},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/put%20down%20to},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}