rundown

Etymology

noun

1. (chiefly with definite article "the") A rough outline of a topic or situation.
   Could you give me the rundown on the new rules?
2. (gambling) 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, […] 1946, Lancer, page 15
   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. (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.
4. A Caribbean stew of meat or fish (typically mackerel) with reduced coconut milk, yam, tomato, onion and seasonings.
5. 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, May 20 2020, “Fleet News: LNER sends more '91s' off-lease”, in Rail, page 22

adj

1. Alternative form of run-down