--- title: "How to pronounce \"flag down\" in English | SayItVid" description: "Learn how to say \"flag down\" correctly. Watch real-life video examples and master your English pronunciation with SayItVid." image: "https://img.youtube.com/vi/1CEKjpEJtbQ/hqdefault.jpg" url: "https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/flag-down" --- # How to pronounce "flag down" in English ## Pronunciation & Phonetics - **IPA**: `/flægdɒwn/` - **Syllable Breakdown**: **flag·down** ## Real-Life Native Speaker Examples (15 Video Clips) Listen to native speakers pronounce "flag down" in real conversation: ### Example 1 > "close to an election and you can note one thing while the president praised the governor of uh South Carolina she did not take that flag down until after Reverend Pinkney had had to be escorted by it it was an insult and uh I think the deep-seated hatred that's in places like South" - **Watch at 3:37**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CEKjpEJtbQ&t=217s) ### Example 2 > "to flag down help." - **Watch at 12:28**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nE_VoUuzto8&t=748s) ### Example 3 > "I could flag down a taxi." - **Watch at 24:03**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idJ6o1SNFAI&t=1443s) ### Example 4 > "Plaza and listen to mariachi music pay for it by the song Central is a street that's right in front of plasa galdi many musicians will stand there and you know flag down cars and say Hey you know if you want a a group we you can hire us and so they're kind of fighting for the customers and so this composer says why are you going to send Mari to formalize their their training if all they're going to do is flag down cars" - **Watch at 1:14**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WO_-wN75i1E&t=74s) ### Example 5 > "sides I was in the middle just looking that yes it was mainly young people look this is the part I told you about they wanted to take our flag down and they climbed on each other's shoulders to get to it I was standing right there behind the window it was" - **Watch at 4:05**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_ozFGAa3gk&t=245s) ### Example 6 *Accent: US* > "just go you know put a flag down and start trying to sell these systems really anywhere in India or you know many many places that don't have" - **Watch at 43:54**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3pXln-VzN8&t=2634s) ### Example 7 > "I I don't think we would be here even now if it wasn't so close to an election and you can note one thing while the president praised the governor of uh South Carolina she did not take take that flag down until after Reverend Pinkney had had to be escorted by it it was an insult and uh I think the" - **Watch at 19:54**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBX1-vWeAaQ&t=1194s) ### Example 8 > "borne out by how rapidly this is moving do you think that the republican party uh mr mayor has uh has a has a problem with this issue or do you think that at this point if south carolina goes ahead and brings the flag down the state legislature goes in the direction that the governor is urging that the party which has obviously had rallied on this case in this case but in the past has had uh pretended to be more in favor of of the heritage argument do" - **Watch at 2:15**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwkfzGbluJk&t=135s) ### Example 9 *Accent: AUS* > "And I can remember we did not tear the flag down. We" - **Watch at 0:33**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nC4wXnVthaE&t=33s) ### Example 10 *Accent: AUS* > "her wits about her and then managing to flag down for help and scare off the guy and it could have ended in a very" - **Watch at 48:37**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHFlK2g9j80&t=2917s) ## How to Pronounce "flag down" - **Syllables**: flag · down - **IPA**: `/flægdɒwn/` - **Listen for**: the stressed syllable in the clips above — notice how surrounding sounds blend in natural speech. ## Related Pronunciations [flag](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/flag), [down](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/down) ## Frequently Asked Questions ### How do you pronounce “flag down”? “flag down” is pronounced /flægdɒwn/ (flag · down). Listen to the native-speaker clips above to hear it in real conversation. ### How many syllables are in “flag down”? “flag down” has 2 syllables: flag · down. ### How can I hear “flag down” used in real sentences? 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