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puts something down to experience

puts something down to experience is the third-person singular simple present indicative of put something down to experience.

Meaning of put something down 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

Questions about puts something down to experience

What is puts something down to experience the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Puts something down to experience is the third-person singular simple present indicative of put something down to experience.

Words near puts something down to experience in the dictionary

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

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