Looking for a phrasal verb to say the hidden reason behind of several issues

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I'm not even sure whether there is existence of such phrasal verb in English or not. But probably native speakers can help me out with this.

  • All of your friend's problems are due to his recent divorce.

  • All of your friend's problems _____ [back/down] to his recent divorce.

Note: I guess I saw a phrasal verb with exactly this meaning but unfortunately can't remember it. Back/ down are just two guesses for the possibly preposition part.


Solution 1:

stem from TFD an idiom

stem from (something) To come, result, or develop from something else.

As in:

All of your friend's problems stem from his recent divorce.

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