I. | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ adjective
Etymology: down (IV) + and + out, adjective
1. : so weakened, disabled, or incapacitated as to be ineffective : broken in health
2. : suffering irrecoverably from financial losses or deficiencies
3. of a boxer : so broken down by past beatings as to be incompetent as a pugilist
II. noun
( -s )
Etymology: down-and-out (I)
1. also down-and-out·er -ə(r)
[ down-and-outer from down-and-out (I) + -er ]
: a person who is down-and-out
2. : the play or discard in bridge of a high card of a nontrump suit followed by a lower card of the same suit to indicate ability to trump if a third round of the suit is led
III. noun
: a pass pattern in football in which the receiver runs straight downfield and then cuts to the outside