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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But it bounced right to pitcher Brooks Raley, who flipped the ball to the plate to eventually snare Tucker in a rundown between third and home.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026
As everyone waits to see how the bill fares in the Senate, below is a rundown of how a range of industries view proposals to “lock the clock” and “ditch the switch” by entrenching DST.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026
But some traders have told BBC News NI that the site has become rundown and an "afterthought" for the council.
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
As everyone waits for the text of the framework to get released, here is a rundown of what the key points are for markets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 16, 2026
The kitchen was in a rundown apartment in a clapboard house near the river, the kind with three stories and a rickety outside back staircase.
From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood
These detailed rundowns include tiered pricing schedules for each of eight streaming services.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 30, 2026
We had meaningful conversations, not just rundowns of logistics.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2025
The videos of Tisa Tells, a Black news YouTuber who livestreams daily rundowns of the trial, come off as heightened and chaotic.
From Slate ● Jun. 10, 2025
Still, Shaffer devotes time to aspects of Muybridge’s legacy that don’t make all the standard rundowns.
From New York Times ● Aug. 2, 2022
The Dodgers had two runners thrown out in rundowns between third and home, Max Muncy in the 12th and Will Smith in the 13th.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 26, 2021
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