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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Traditional geothermal energy relies on finding steam-bearing resources and drilling into them vertically to capture the steam heat.
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Jeff Young, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 June 2025
Andrew McKean Hunting and Conservation Editor Andrew McKean is Outdoor Life’s hunting and conservation editor, drilling into issues that affect wildlife, wildlands, and the people who care about them.
—Andrew McKean, Outdoor Life, 11 June 2025
Elephant Chapel Reuse, reduce, recycle—the idea of circularity has been drilled into us for the longest time.
—Kissa Castaneda, Forbes.com, 30 May 2025
State officials have said that the first facilities to divert water in the Strawberry Creek watershed were built in 1929, and the system expanded over the years as additional boreholes were drilled into the mountainside.
—Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2025
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Jeff Young, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 June 2025
Andrew McKean Hunting and Conservation Editor Andrew McKean is Outdoor Life’s hunting and conservation editor, drilling into issues that affect wildlife, wildlands, and the people who care about them.
—Andrew McKean, Outdoor Life, 11 June 2025
Elephant Chapel Reuse, reduce, recycle—the idea of circularity has been drilled into us for the longest time.
—Kissa Castaneda, Forbes.com, 30 May 2025
State officials have said that the first facilities to divert water in the Strawberry Creek watershed were built in 1929, and the system expanded over the years as additional boreholes were drilled into the mountainside.
—Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2025
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“Drill into.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/drill%20into. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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