rundown

plural rundowns

1. countableuncountablechiefly with definite article "the"A rough outline of a topic or situation.

   Could you give me the rundown on the new rules?

2. countableuncountablegamblingA 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, […]

   1946, Lancer, page 15

   1 more example

   I would say this: If you are in a community where you do not have the rundown sheet on the horses in the race, do what they have done in Sacramento.

   1960, American Trial Lawyers Association, Convention Proceedings, page 455

3. countableuncountableball gamesA 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.

4. countableuncountableA Caribbean stew of meat or fish (typically mackerel) with reduced coconut milk, yam, tomato, onion and seasonings.
5. countableuncountableA 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,

   2020 May 20, “Fleet News: LNER sends more '91s' off-lease”, in Rail, page 22

1. alternativenot comparableAlternative form of run-down.

   Synonyms: ramshackle