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put something down to experience

put something down to experience verb: synonym of chalk something up to experience.

Verb

put something down to experience (third-person singular simple present puts something down to experience, present participle putting something down to experience, simple past and past participle put something down to experience)

  1. Synonym of chalk something up to experience.
    • If something utterly dreadful happens to you, shrug it off, put it down to experience and, in due course, turn it into an anecdote.2016 June 9, Caroline Taggart, Her Ladyship's Guide to the Art of Conversation, Batsford Books, →ISBN
    • Put it down to experience and laugh about it over a pint with your mates. Celebrate it whether it's a car crash or not. Because even if you're smarting like hell, at least you know you're alive.2016 December 19, Sue Ostler, Sex, Dating and Really Confusing Girls, Andrews UK Limited, →ISBN

Synonyms of put something down to experience

Forms of put something down to experience

third-person singular presentputs something down to experience
present participleputting something down to experience
past participleput something down to experience
pastput something down to experience

Questions about put something down to experience

What does put something down to experience mean?
Put something down to experience means synonym of chalk something up to experience.
What part of speech is put something down to experience?
Put something down to experience is a verb.
What is the past tense of put something down to experience?
The past tense of put something down to experience is put something down to experience.

Words near put something down to experience in the dictionary

  1. put someone's back up
  2. put someone's light out
  3. put someone's lights out
  4. put someone's pipe out
  5. put something behind one
  6. put something down to experience
  7. put something into perspective
  8. put something over
  9. put spurs to
  10. put stock in
  11. put store by

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