rundown
Americannoun
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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.
Etymology
Origin of rundown
1905–10, noun use of verb phrase run down
Example Sentences
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"It really is a very detailed blueprint," said Eugene Kiley, who wrote a comprehensive rundown on Project 2025 for the nonpartisan website Factcheck.org.
From BBC
Roll Call provides a rundown of the biggest spenders in the House and the Senate.
He lives in a company-owned apartment full of dark, polished surfaces and bad modern art; she lives in a rundown apartment furnished with termites.
From Los Angeles Times
Here’s a rundown of the six best-places lists in the U.S. and the two global ones:
From MarketWatch
Minutes later, they were circling the rundown shelter where they had left Brian.
From Literature
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