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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In 2024, a humorous video went viral on Tiktok, featuring students and teachers at one high school in Seine-Saint-Denis complaining of rundown facilities, including leaking ceilings and a lack of chairs.
From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026
It isn’t just a clinical rundown of poor decisions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
Here’s a brief rundown of the other nine records released under that banner:
From Salon ● Aug. 25, 2026
As the heartland rocker brings his latest tour to the Hollywood Bowl, here’s a critical rundown of his best-known songs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
She lived in an old three-story, rundown plantation house with morning rooms and sun rooms, and porches wrapped around every floor.
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
These detailed rundowns include tiered pricing schedules for each of eight streaming services.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 30, 2026
Below are rundowns on this year’s hotly tipped acts, advice about how to watch from the United States and why the event is being hosted in England this year.
From New York Times ● May 12, 2023
Those quick rundowns are the way I would tell a friend how to cook a dish.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 15, 2022
Why you want this: In rundowns of the best French presses, Frieling models almost always make the cut.
From Slate ● Aug. 7, 2020
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
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