drill into

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.

Examples of drill into in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

During Gansey’s days as GM in Cleveland, resilience and persistence had been drilled into him. — Tony Jones, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026

The procedure involves making an incision behind the ear and drilling into the mastoid bone to reach the inner ear. — Marlee Ginter, CBS News, 28 Aug. 2026

Instead of using incisions or drilling into the skull, CoMind (coincidentally like Olix) uses infrared lasers and light signals to measure brain activity. — Alexandra York, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026

Two holes are drilled into the patient’s arm bones and the replacement ligament is woven between the two holes in a pattern resembling a figure-eight. — Kevin Dotson, CNN Money, 16 Aug. 2026

Rhymes for drill into

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• detinue
• devalue