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# How to pronounce "man down" in English

## Pronunciation & Phonetics

- **IPA**: `/mændɒwn/`
- **Syllable Breakdown**: **man·down**

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

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

### Example 1
> "I'm sorry. So normally-- Man down, man down. Man down. Man down, man down."
- **Watch at 9:05**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1rtP3QeeuU&t=545s)

### Example 2
> "Man down. Man down, man down."
- **Watch at 9:07**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1rtP3QeeuU&t=547s)

### Example 3
*Accent: US*
> "Man down! Man down!"
- **Watch at 3:24**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGV5-DJ5_QU&t=204s)

### Example 4
*Accent: US*
> "man down to get his force cast of the"
- **Watch at 41:20**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6w7bDcOgB1Q&t=2480s)

### Example 5
> "stand off the gun is gun is loaded unit on ter stay off and this now the view from a second police car man down the suspect survived the impact the police driver who ran into him was cleared of any wrongdoing police in Arizona released this video footage to show the use of force was justified"
- **Watch at 0:36**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rFG4SOnCU0&t=36s)

### Example 6
*Accent: US*
> "young man down and they will succeed too if he allows his mind to be diverted from its true channel to brood over the attempted injury cast about and see if"
- **Watch at 226:25**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHRuA2zMVZc&t=13585s)

### Example 7
> "Learning to cut a man down by verbally pushing all his buttons often meant the difference between life and death, a trip to the emergency room,"
- **Watch at 1:23**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVyVbr3dIaE&t=83s)

### Example 8
*Accent: UK*
> "it's calmed the man down. He's now looking after the pet." And there's a serious issue here. I mean, people are in prison. Most of them will be coming"
- **Watch at 8:54**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qn3yVlJf0eY&t=534s)

### Example 9
*Accent: US*
> "through Caverns measureless to man down to a sunless"
- **Watch at 30:31**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-7CkHoFg4A&t=1831s)

### Example 10
> "And he held this seizing young man down on the tracks, and the subway passed over his head, grazing his knit cap."
- **Watch at 20:13**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ky1Xp_eJ4jc&t=1213s)


## How to Pronounce "man down"

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

## Related Pronunciations

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

## Frequently Asked Questions

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

### How many syllables are in “man down”?
“man down” has 2 syllables: man · down.

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


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