Definitions

1. noun

information about the true nature or state of a situation; inside information.

“She didn’t know the lowdown on the project, so she asked her colleague for details.”

2. noun

a summary or outline of something, especially a plan or a report.

“The boss requested a lowdown on the company’s quarterly profits.”

3. verb

to give someone information about the true nature or state of a situation.

“The detective lowdown the suspect with the evidence she had collected.”

4. verb

to summarize or outline something, especially a plan or a report.

“The journalist tried to lowdown the complex story for her readers.”