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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Since then, city officials drilled into the finances and operations of the market at a public Affiliate Review Committee meeting, and the founding CEO of the market resigned, stating she was pushed out by the organization’s board of directors, who were appointed by Finkam.
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Jake Allen, IndyStar, 3 June 2025
In 2021, Caltech agreed to pay over $25,000 to the Department of the Interior to cover the costs of repairing damage caused by a faculty member and students who drilled into a rock face roughly three feet from a petroglyph.
—Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2025
Traditional geothermal energy relies on finding steam-bearing resources and drilling into them vertically to capture the steam heat.
—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
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Jake Allen, IndyStar, 3 June 2025
In 2021, Caltech agreed to pay over $25,000 to the Department of the Interior to cover the costs of repairing damage caused by a faculty member and students who drilled into a rock face roughly three feet from a petroglyph.
—Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2025
Traditional geothermal energy relies on finding steam-bearing resources and drilling into them vertically to capture the steam heat.
—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
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“Drill into.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/drill%20into. Accessed 15 Jul. 2025.
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