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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary
About "Down to"
It's a sentence I encountered in the news.
1. "So it's a dramatic reversal in Julia Gillard's position over the past nine months, presumably down to electoral mass."
Another sentence also from the same piece of news
2. "Now this is all really down to a suggestion from Ms. Gillard that the Afghan security forces are stepping up to the place much quicker. "
What does "down to" mean in this two sentences?
1. "So it's a dramatic reversal in Julia Gillard's position over the past nine months, presumably down to electoral mass."
Another sentence also from the same piece of news
2. "Now this is all really down to a suggestion from Ms. Gillard that the Afghan security forces are stepping up to the place much quicker. "
What does "down to" mean in this two sentences?
Top answer
Anonymous What does "down to" mean in this two sentences? This is not an idiom that comes up much. As used here I'd say it means "due to" or "because of".
- Anonymous What does "down to" mean in this two sentences?
- This is not an idiom that comes up much.
- As used here I'd say it means "due to" or "because of".
- CJ
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AnonymousWhat does "down to" mean in this two sentences?This is not an idiom that comes up much. As used here I'd say it means "due to" or "because of".
CJ
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Hi,
I am not a native speaker.
I think your problems to be even with mine.
The mystery of English is "oppositionally but united" and "the symmetry".
I think "the symmetry" is the key of / for / to answering to your question of "down to". or underlines your question of down to.
e.g.
#1 from the chairman down to (=unto) the boy (= from up unto down) the phase is "the cau
I am not a native speaker.
I think your problems to be even with mine.
The mystery of English is "oppositionally but united" and "the symmetry".
I think "the symmetry" is the key of / for / to answering to your question of "down to". or underlines your question of down to.
e.g.
#1 from the chairman down to (=unto) the boy (= from up unto down) the phase is "the cau
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