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# How to pronounce "making it big" in English

## Pronunciation & Phonetics

- **IPA**: `/mækɪndʒɪtbɪg/`
- **Syllable Breakdown**: **ma·kin·git·big**

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

Listen to native speakers pronounce "making it big" in real conversation:

### Example 1
> "be played by radio stations all around the world big time I'm on my way I'm making it big time Peter Gabriel created some of the most Innovative music videos of his era and won prestigious prizes for them the video to Sledgehammer won"
- **Watch at 6:24**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7fKa7dI9Rs&t=384s)

### Example 2
> "I think we uh we haven't uh we haven't done ours yet that's for sure barles is definitely making it big on the international architecture scene down to Southwestern Germany now where we met up with Stefan Voit who's a collector of so-called micro cars and that's a type of vehicle that came into"
- **Watch at 20:48**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H180TByNfDE&t=1248s)

### Example 3
> "galleries and most of them are orientated on the classical kind of kind of art like like like you can buy and hang on your wall. Cartle Villi dreams of making it big in Western Europe. Koko Romesh Villi has already done just that. He represented his country at this year's Venice Bianale. Ramsh Villi plays freely with"
- **Watch at 23:07**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkXz-mOvjfU&t=1387s)

### Example 4
*Accent: US*
> "Striking Distance of making it big and um the uh fundament research kind of"
- **Watch at 28:51**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6vgBP2sfMU&t=1731s)

### Example 5
> "1976 when he was 10 years old he moved to Munich with his mother and six siblings to be with his father who worked there as a welder aliam mus enjoyed hip-hop dancing dreamed of making it big as a rapper played ping pong and cooked after leaving school he trained as a chef in Bavaria he quickly developed an interest in Gourmet Cuisine he went on to work at the restaurants of star chefs such as KL edera and Hans has at age 27 he was"
- **Watch at 5:56**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejqwGNZP3tY&t=356s)

### Example 6
> "Festival Fringe usually just called The Fringe is also regularly attended by talent scouts and producers there's no selection process anyone can take part and everyone who does dreams of making it big try and succeed it's a really good place to put on new theater and when you want to try new things modernity meets tradition Edinburgh is a city of contrasts for"
- **Watch at 16:26**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nRa5woRsoY&t=986s)

### Example 7
*Accent: AUS*
> "New Zealand's most popular dance groups making it big in the music business is tough all over the world but"
- **Watch at 0:33**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1niG_mGHwEA&t=33s)

### Example 8
> "I mean we need also, **** we made aline of cosmetics in the shape of nuts and bolts and screws and things likethat by just taking a real thing and making it big. The change in scale is a surprise sometimes that could beused in a good way, but again, you have to measure it and it should beappropriate."
- **Watch at 28:02**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=schuTm9iuuA&t=1682s)

### Example 9
> "cosmetics in the shape of nuts and balls and um you know screws and things like that but just taking a little thing and making it big the CH the change of scale is a surprise sometime that could be used in a good way but again you have to"
- **Watch at 2:12**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvCVG7NCpuA&t=132s)

### Example 10
> "Mm-hm. because there's so many great stories about people boot strapping their business like you did. Sure. And making it big. Thank you. Maybe one more question."
- **Watch at 89:11**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxVX7D6UGDU&t=5351s)


## How to Pronounce "making it big"

- **Syllables**: ma · kin · git · big
- **IPA**: `/mækɪndʒɪtbɪg/`
- **Listen for**: the stressed syllable in the clips above — notice how surrounding sounds blend in natural speech.

## Related Pronunciations

[making](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/making), [big](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/big)

## Frequently Asked Questions

### How do you pronounce “making it big”?
“making it big” is pronounced /mækɪndʒɪtbɪg/ (ma · kin · git · big). Listen to the native-speaker clips above to hear it in real conversation.

### How many syllables are in “making it big”?
“making it big” has 4 syllables: ma · kin · git · big.

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


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