Meanings
present singular third person puts something down to experience · participle present putting something down to experience
- 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, →ISBN1 more example
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, →ISBNSynonyms: chalk something up to experience
Synonyms & antonyms
verbSynonym of chalk something up to experience.
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