0 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.
She did seem rather unhappy, but I just put it down to the pressure she was under at work.
I'd always put his lack of confidence down to his strange upbringing.
NYA ORD
European
May 10, 2021
DAGENS ORD
Shimmer
put sth down to sth