Old and Rundown

Old

Old noun - Past times (especially in the phrase `in days of old').

Rundown and old are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Rundown" instead the word "Old" as an adjective or a noun.

Nearby Words: oldie, olden, oldish

Rundown

Rundown noun - A concluding summary (as in presenting a case before a law court).
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Synonyms for Rundown

Old and rundown are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Old" instead the word "Rundown" as an adjective or a noun.

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  • Series / The Muppet Show The setting was a tiny rundown downtown theatre and the tone was deliberately reminiscent of old-style vaudeville, where anything could happen and usually did.
  • Rags to Royalty Anya wakes up as an eight years old with no memory, and spends the next ten years of her life in a rundown orphanage, hoping her Orphan's Plot Trinket means she has a family who loves her somewhere.
  • Cats Are Mean One explanation for the origin of the Japanese Maneki Neko statues is a story that tells of a traveler (often a lord or a samurai) taking refuge from a storm under a tree near an old, rundown temple.
    Source: Cats Are Mean
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