rundown

[ruhn-doun]

noun

1. a quick review or summary of main points of information, usually oral.

   This brief rundown of past events will bring you up to date.

2. Baseball.,  a play in which a base runner is caught between bases by two or more players of the opposing team who toss the ball back and forth in an effort to tag the runner out.

3. Commerce.,  runoff.

Word History and Origins

Origin of rundown¹

1905–10, noun use of verb phrase run down

Example Sentences

When they arrived in Los Angeles, the driver handed them a blunt to smoke and drove them to a rundown apartment complex.

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Linda’s situation gets even more dire when water starts to pour through the ceiling of her home, forcing her and her daughter to move into a rundown motel.

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Here is a rundown of the events of the last eight days:

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And those gaps manifest themselves in many ways — rundown homes, empty storefronts, a lack of school resources.

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He said: "What we see today is not a 'rich, diverse population that contributes to our communities' as Labour claim, but a rundown town centre and anti-social behaviour out of control."

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Related Words

• recap 
• synopsis