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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With more than a decade of operation, Curiosity has traveled across varied terrains, drilled into bedrock and monitored the Martian climate, all while sending back detailed images and data that continue to shape scientists' understanding of Mars's history.
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Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 21 Aug. 2025
These interfaces often include filters, grouping tools and custom variants for drilling into the data.
—Govinda Rao Banothu, Forbes.com, 30 July 2025
In India, for example, the government encouraged farmers to irrigate their thirsty new crops by drilling into underground aquifers.
—Elizabeth Kolbert, New Yorker, 23 June 2025
But his way of drilling into the core idea of things.
—Sydney Lake, Fortune, 16 July 2025
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Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 21 Aug. 2025
These interfaces often include filters, grouping tools and custom variants for drilling into the data.
—Govinda Rao Banothu, Forbes.com, 30 July 2025
In India, for example, the government encouraged farmers to irrigate their thirsty new crops by drilling into underground aquifers.
—Elizabeth Kolbert, New Yorker, 23 June 2025
But his way of drilling into the core idea of things.
—Sydney Lake, Fortune, 16 July 2025
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“Drill into.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/drill%20into. Accessed 27 Aug. 2025.
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