rundown
Americannoun
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rundowns
plural
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a quick review or summary of main points of information, usually oral.
This brief rundown of past events will bring you up to date.
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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.
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Commerce. runoff.
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Etymology
Origin of rundown
1905–10, noun use of verb phrase run down
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Ahead of the band’s show Saturday night in Los Angeles, here’s a critical rundown of Journey’s best-known songs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
Such trends were in plain sight in Tor Bella Monaca, a working-class eastern suburb of Rome dotted by rundown apartment blocks, cash-for-gold shops and discount stores.
From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026
Here’s a brief rundown of the other nine records released under that banner:
From Salon ● Aug. 25, 2026
It gives a rundown of the heat-related climate impacts on the UK, with "Britain on fire", "homes razed" and "drought declared".
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
Ophelia gave him a rundown of the various personalities at the clinic.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
These detailed rundowns include tiered pricing schedules for each of eight streaming services.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 30, 2026
And in a charmed final month, St. Louis preserved a late lead with a crazy play that resulted in a pair of rundowns and two outs.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 25, 2021
Any ad exec who can’t get his commercial mentioned in the countless pre-game rundowns will be looking for another job on Monday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 29, 2020
Early in spring training, as the Mets were practicing rundowns in Port St. Lucie, Fla., the team’s new general manager, Brodie Van Wagenen, observing from the left-field line, took his phone out of his pocket.
From New York Times ● Sep. 29, 2019
Recent rundowns of Epstein’s science funding, his science fandom, and his science friends show the extent of this division.
From Slate ● Aug. 2, 2019
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