Definition of rundown
(Entry 1 of 3)
1
: an item-by-item report or review : summary
2
: a play in baseball in which a base runner who is caught off base is chased by two or more opposing players who throw the ball from one to another in an attempt to tag the runner out
run-down
adjectiveDefinition of run-down (Entry 2 of 3)
run down
verb
ran down; run down; running down; runs down
Definition of run down (Entry 3 of 3)
1a
: to collide with and knock down
b
: to run against and cause to sink
2a
: to chase to exhaustion or until captured
b
: to trace the source of
c
: to tag out (a base runner) between bases on a rundown
3
: disparage
1
: to cease to operate because of the exhaustion of motive power
the clock ran down
2
: to decline in physical condition or vigor
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The first known use of rundown was in 1686
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