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"it put down to" is correct and usable in written English
It is a phrasal verb and is used to indicate that you believe a particular problem or cause of something is responsible for it. For example, "We put the poor turnout down to the bad weather."
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Morrisons was one of the few big UK supermarket chains to escape the horsemeat scandal unscathed, which it put down to having its own meat and butchery supply chain.
New Look also boosted margins by two percentage points, which it put down to "tighter stock controls and lower markdowns".
Uniqlo failed to make a profit in Europe last year, which it put down to refurbishment of the flagship Oxford Street store.
ITV said it has received about 5,000 complaints about the incident which it put down to "human error" at transmission supplier Technicolor.
It opened 54 cases in the last year relating to alleged staff fraud and corruption, a slight rise on the previous year, which it put down to an improved reporting environment rather than an increased incidence of malfeasance.
The company, which this week revealed that its fleet has experienced just 11 accidents in six years of tests (each of which it put down to human drivers), now has the green-light to take things further.
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The last time it was put down to a public vote was in 2010.
It is being put down to climate change.
Again, it can be put down to coincidence.
It could be put down to ignorance, full stop.
Nor can it entirely be put down to my ongoing dread about Britain leaving the EU.
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