Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A point-by-point summary.
- noun Baseball A play in which a runner is trapped between bases and is pursued by fielders attempting to make the tag.
- adjective In poor physical condition; weak or exhausted.
- adjective Dirty and dilapidated.
- adjective Unwound and not running.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A rough outline. Generally used in the definite, as the rundown.
- noun baseball A defensive play in which the runner is caught between two fielders, who steadily converge to tag the runner out.
- adjective Alternative form of
run-down .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a concluding summary (as in presenting a case before a law court)
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Examples
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Is this the same guy that supports giving over 2 million dollars to some bar owner so he can run some bar in rundown Downtown Aurora?
Flygate | Walter Payton's Roundhouse Swats Back at Manny Maysonet 2009
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And in a rundown, even though A.J. was going back to second, the rule of obstruction during a rundown is he gets his next advanced base and that's why he was rewarded third base.
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Here's a rundown from the German papers on the Iraq escalation votes:
Archive 2007-02-01 2007
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Here's a rundown from the German papers on the Iraq escalation votes:
Hullabaloo 2007
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E Durazo grounded into fielder's choice to first, M Kotsay out at home in rundown,
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C Crisp tagged out at second in rundown trying to return to base.
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P Lo Duca caught stealing home in rundown, catcher to second, S Green to second on runner's fielder's choice.
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D Jimenez grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, B Daubach tagged out at third, shortstop to third to second to third in rundown, D Jimenez tagged out at second attempting to advance on play.
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K Millar tagged out at second in rundown attempting to advance on throw.
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M Bradley reached on infield single to second, J Peralta scored, M Lawton to third, C Crisp to second, M Lawton tagged out at third in rundown trying to return to base.
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