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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Rarely, a secondary problem may occur if woodpeckers discover the bounty and drill into the wood in search of bee larvae.
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Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 15 June 2025
Carmel officials continued to drill into the finances and operations of the nonprofit behind the city’s iconic Christkindlmarkt Wednesday — with a vision in mind of the market becoming less and less reliant on city dollars.
—Jake Allen, IndyStar, 17 Apr. 2025
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.
—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
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Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 15 June 2025
Carmel officials continued to drill into the finances and operations of the nonprofit behind the city’s iconic Christkindlmarkt Wednesday — with a vision in mind of the market becoming less and less reliant on city dollars.
—Jake Allen, IndyStar, 17 Apr. 2025
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.
—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
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“Drill into.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/drill%20into. Accessed 23 Jul. 2025.
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