rundown
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rundown
- /ˈɹʌndaʊn/ US
Where it comes from
Deverbal from run down.
noun rundowns
- A rough outline of a topic or situation. Could you give me the rundown on the new rules?
- A summary of the horses to be raced on a particular day, with their weights, jockeys, odds, etc. Comes post-time, and I am at the bookie joint listening the running descriptions and rundowns, […]
- A defensive play in which the runner is caught between two fielders, who steadily converge to tag the runner out. Smith is caught in a rundown, but Jones will come around to score.
- A Caribbean stew of meat or fish (typically mackerel) with reduced coconut milk, yam, tomato, onion and seasonings.
- A reduction, e.g. of an activity, or in the size of something, such as a fleet. The rundown of LNER's Class 91/Mk 4 fleet continues, with two more locomotives sent for store at Doncaster and a rake of coaches moving to Worksop,
adjective
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Alternative form of run-down
Similar: ramshackle
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: summation, summing up, compendium, summary, conclusion, top, reducing, reduction, reduced, abatement, reduce, decrease, decline, seedy, reductions, run-through
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noun a rough outline
| Español | detalles |
|---|---|
| Français | topo |
| Italiano | punti salienti |
Talk about this word "rundown." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/rundown. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. rundown. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/rundown "rundown." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/rundown.Cite this
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