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# How to pronounce "went under" in English

## Pronunciation & Phonetics

- **IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet)**: `/wɛntʌndɛr/`
- **Syllable Breakdown**: **wen·tun·der**

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

Listen to native speakers pronounce "went under" in real conversation:

### Example 1
> "Democrats sheet metal worker Ben cypes voted for Obama in 2008 his own company went under during the financial crisis he believes it'll take a businessman to turn this city round I think everybody's sick of politician you know too much talk and uh just saying whatever anybody wants to hear and then not getting anything done and now Donald Trump's becoming a politician yeah I guess he is"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 1:47](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iR4gOV8ecg0&t=107s)

### Example 2
> "this case we have to open it with tremendous success over 30 companies top top number Ukraine was number one of the country with the most Investments uh went under this umbrella you see you see there's a huge interest companies are investing if there's some certainty that if if something is getting wrong then they have a security that they are not bankrupt or insolvent so this is what we have done and I I only can recommend it to other countries and other partners to"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 1:04](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2MwF65Fhss&t=64s)

### Example 3
> "went under and her PhD in education Kenya is now fulfilling her promise to her community in 2009 she founded to Kenya's dream an international nonprofit"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 1:34](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9LZ9ujP0Ek&t=94s)

### Example 4
> "went under and finally my teras it which is a German e-commerce platform has agreed to buy this group the question"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 11:54](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enl3M8LR54Q&t=714s)

### Example 5
> "went under a tree and nearly knocked her off no I haven't I'm scared of animals yeah really why are you scared of"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 17:34](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwqoZsW6GrQ&t=1054s)

### Example 6
> "It went under a number of years ago."
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 33:11](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toRBKo0poxc&t=1991s)

### Example 7
> "I went under, and, again, negative."
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 3:22](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFhB0V3O7xs&t=202s)

### Example 8
> "Moon went under the circle the sun."
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 37:06](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yDK9m_CaxI&t=2226s)

### Example 9
> "We went under kind of more rebranding."
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 32:34](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzRLK6OMOe0&t=1954s)

### Example 10
> "He went under my house and got this ladder, way under my house-- I live in the Hills."
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 5:36](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmcIUO_kn30&t=336s)


## Related Words & Synonyms

- **Nearby Vocabulary**: [under the weather](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/under-the-weather), [feeling down](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/feeling-down), [out of sorts](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/out-of-sorts), [run down](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/run-down), [not feeling well](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/not-feeling-well), [sick](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/sick), [went](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/went), [under](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/under)

## Frequently Asked Questions

### How do you pronounce "went under" correctly?
"went under" is pronounced `/wɛntʌndɛr/`. Syllable breakdown: **wen·tun·der**.

### What does "went under" mean in context?
Refer to real speech examples in the video clips above to observe how native speakers use "went under" in daily English.

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