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# How to pronounce "double down" in English

## Pronunciation & Phonetics

- **IPA**: `/dæʊblɛdɒwn/`
- **Syllable Breakdown**: **dou·ble·down**

## Real-Life Native Speaker Examples (15 Video Clips)

Listen to native speakers pronounce "double down" in real conversation:

### Example 1
> "means I have no idea why you did what you did. Double down on the commitment."
- **Watch at 40:25**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zc8fdmUeC3U&t=2425s)

### Example 2
> "double down on doing the exact same thing we did before."
- **Watch at 30:03**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kum_7D9EORs&t=1803s)

### Example 3
> "Double down.... We double down, again."
- **Watch at 7:13**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMxnxifmsuw&t=433s)

### Example 4
> "Double down. So I've got to double again. Put another $10,000 down, and I do. And then, on the last"
- **Watch at 7:25**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMxnxifmsuw&t=445s)

### Example 5
> "not every single one. Double down a quit, this is a critical principle for every single entrepreneur, especially if you have a small team and especially if you have no resources. By the way, let me tell you my personal experience, okay?"
- **Watch at 59:41**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsSjhyrzb_A&t=3581s)

### Example 6
> "recognizing that, okay, here's how I land on other people or present to other people, and therefore here's what I can do as a business leader to either double down on that or I need to adjust some of my behavior to seem more warm and more welcoming or whatever that may be. So I don't think there's like, there wasn't a class on how to be a black leader, but through these experiences and recognizing and reflecting, I think,"
- **Watch at 38:26**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8JwjUZg1js&t=2306s)

### Example 7
> "thing she did that small thing she did was often the time where I'd go, "Do you know what? This person is a certain type of person and we should Right. double down on them." And then I've got the opposite as well. I've got the a little thing someone did to someone who was not necessarily their"
- **Watch at 109:27**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPVdK9v0CK8&t=6567s)

### Example 8
> "a different impact on our health and that's what our research showed as well so eating after 9:00 isn't great for your health just a double down on that I have had a long-standing hypothesis that when I eat later at night it is making is it is basically increasing my belly fat now I I don't have any science to support this but there's a and also the way that I feel when I wake up is radically different if"
- **Watch at 39:03**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOnIWDMNyfE&t=2343s)

### Example 9
> "life and a full body picture then for the prompts you want to have a mixture of humor and vulnerability okay let's just pause on this because I want to double down on some of these so the first photo should be a head shot and this is and I don't mean literally a professional headshot I mean just your face clearly not far away no filters no sunglasses just this is what I look like and not like a jail head shot or anything like that but not a mug shot"
- **Watch at 98:30**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ow3ao6YsCgQ&t=5910s)

### Example 10
> "this whole episode has really shown that the Iranian regime is very happy to double down on ensuring that they can get control over the Strait of Hormuz. So it wasn't enough for them as part of the memorandum of understanding that sanctions were lifted, that they could get their own ships in and out of the"
- **Watch at 4:50**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOoCR7I0Ilk&t=290s)


## How to Pronounce "double down"

- **Syllables**: dou · ble · down
- **IPA**: `/dæʊblɛdɒwn/`
- **Listen for**: the stressed syllable in the clips above — notice how surrounding sounds blend in natural speech.

## Related Pronunciations

[double](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/double), [down](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/down)

## Frequently Asked Questions

### How do you pronounce “double down”?
“double down” is pronounced /dæʊblɛdɒwn/ (dou · ble · down). Listen to the native-speaker clips above to hear it in real conversation.

### How many syllables are in “double down”?
“double down” has 3 syllables: dou · ble · down.

### How can I hear “double down” used in real sentences?
This page has 15 real-world video examples of “double down” with synchronized subtitles. Use Previous / Next (or ← / → keys) to hear each one at the exact moment it is spoken.


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