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

Ginsberg lives on the Lower East Side in what Hujar calls “the most rundown tenement,” not far from a cluster of the burned-out buildings that marked New York’s gritty ’70s.

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Everywhere we went, it was the same story - the shops were on rundown High Streets in some of the UK's most deprived areas, such as Blackpool, Bradford, Huddersfield and Hull.

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The series follows a 4-year-old who moves into a rundown apartment complex alone — for reasons that are eventually revealed as his neighbors get to know him.

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This is a detailed rundown of how you can follow the Ashes across BBC Sport.

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Here is a rundown of upcoming deadlines for funding government programs or for sending out paychecks, as well as other key issues that could encourage dealmaking.

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Related Words

• recap 
• synopsis