rundowns

Noun

rundown (countable and uncountable, plural rundowns)

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. 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
3. 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,2020 May 20, “Fleet News: LNER sends more '91s' off-lease”, in Rail, page 22