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putting something down to experience

putting something down to experience is the present participle and gerund 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 putting something down to experience

What is putting something down to experience the present participle and gerund of?
Putting something down to experience is the present participle and gerund of put something down to experience.

Words near putting something down to experience in the dictionary

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

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