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Rundown   /rˈəndˌaʊn/   Listen
Rundown

noun
1.
A concluding summary (as in presenting a case before a law court).  Synonyms: summation, summing up.






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"Rundown" Quotes from Famous Books



... their child's made as much of as a prince, and is petted and patted till it wishes its friends further, but when a sweet young pretty innocent, that never ought to have a cross word spoken to or of it, is rundown, the case is very different indeed. My goodness gracious me, Miss Floy, you naughty, sinful child, if you don't shut your eyes this minute, I'll call in them hobgoblins that lives in the cock-loft to come ...
— Dombey and Son • Charles Dickens

... the farms in the neighborhood were in a similar rundown condition; that farm work was generally considered unprofitable or uncongenial; and that the boys and girls born in the country usually took the first opportunity to leave the farms, often for harder and less ...
— Hidden Treasure • John Thomas Simpson

... fresh water is all that is necessary. Boys go into the water too often and remain too long. This accounts for the rundown appearance of some boys. The body gives off heat every minute it is in cool water, and also when exposed wet to the breezes, and heat is life. All boys should be encouraged to take a dip before breakfast with a rapid rubdown. Then a good swim in the warm part ...
— Camping For Boys • H.W. Gibson

... said quickly. "If I have to stop and give anybody a rundown, we'll have no time to do what has to be done. There are a couple of sources of danger. One is the guard down at the bottom of the stairway. The other is the possible visitor. You get a couple of other young, ambitious fellows and push that guard ...
— Highways in Hiding • George Oliver Smith



Words linked to "Rundown" :   sum-up, summary, jurisprudence, law



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