Usually means: Attribute something to a cause.
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  1. put down to: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. put (something) down to, put down to: Merriam-Webster
  3. put down to: Wiktionary

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  1. put down to: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (put down to)

verb:  (idiomatic) To ascribe; to assume to be the cause of a situation.

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