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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The dowels are drilled into the slope and grouted in place in 10-foot by 10-foot patterns.
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Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 24 Sep. 2025
Four times a year, public companies provide an in-depth look at their financial performance — and drilling into those figures is one of investors' most important jobs.
—Zev Fima, CNBC, 23 Sep. 2025
Gryba also challenged the notion that buying a home is still the ideal financial goal that older generations had drilled into them.
—Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Sep. 2025
That’s often drilled into you by older sisters who demand it as a given, Nari Jeter, LMFT, a licensed couples therapist in Florida and cohost of The Coupled Podcast, tells SELF.
—Jenna Ryu, SELF, 18 Sep. 2025
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Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 24 Sep. 2025
Four times a year, public companies provide an in-depth look at their financial performance — and drilling into those figures is one of investors' most important jobs.
—Zev Fima, CNBC, 23 Sep. 2025
Gryba also challenged the notion that buying a home is still the ideal financial goal that older generations had drilled into them.
—Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Sep. 2025
That’s often drilled into you by older sisters who demand it as a given, Nari Jeter, LMFT, a licensed couples therapist in Florida and cohost of The Coupled Podcast, tells SELF.
—Jenna Ryu, SELF, 18 Sep. 2025
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“Drill into.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/drill%20into. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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