drill into
phrasal verb
drilled into; drilling into; drills into
: to force (something) to be learned very well by (someone) by repeating it again and again
Our teacher drilled the lesson into our heads.
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But his way of drilling into the core idea of things.
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Sydney Lake, Fortune, 16 July 2025
An offensive run-through bleeds into a drive-and-kick drill into a closeout and recovery drill into a protect-the-baseline drill, separated only by a whistle.
—Brian Hamilton, New York Times, 11 July 2025
Unlike the Neuralink device, Synchron's does not drill into the skull and sit on the brain.
—Emily Forlini, PC Magazine, 27 June 2025
But this spring, with an electric keyboard in his lap and 14 holes drilled into his skull, the longtime Chicago musician struck up a melody on the old ivories.
—Chicago Tribune, 31 July 2025
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Sydney Lake, Fortune, 16 July 2025
An offensive run-through bleeds into a drive-and-kick drill into a closeout and recovery drill into a protect-the-baseline drill, separated only by a whistle.
—Brian Hamilton, New York Times, 11 July 2025
Unlike the Neuralink device, Synchron's does not drill into the skull and sit on the brain.
—Emily Forlini, PC Magazine, 27 June 2025
But this spring, with an electric keyboard in his lap and 14 holes drilled into his skull, the longtime Chicago musician struck up a melody on the old ivories.
—Chicago Tribune, 31 July 2025
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“Drill into.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/drill%20into. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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