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rundown
1. n. A rough outline. Generally used in the definite, as the rundown.
Could you give me the rundown on the new rules?
2. n. (baseball) 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.
3. n. A Caribbean stew of meat or fish (typically mackerel) with reduced coconut milk, yam, tomato, onion and seasonings.
4. adj. alternative form of run-down

Example Sentences

You'll find pencil and paper on each table, and I urge you to use it to give me a rundown on what's going on here tonight.

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