put something down to experience

English

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
   • 2016 June 9, Caroline Taggart, Her Ladyship's Guide to the Art of Conversation, Batsford Books, →ISBN:

     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 December 19, Sue Ostler, Sex, Dating and Really Confusing Girls, Andrews UK Limited, →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.