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drill
(redirected from drilled down)

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drill something into someone
to have something repeated very frequently. You learn vocabulary by having it drilled into you.
Related vocabulary: hammer home something

know the drill

to know what needs to be done or what usually happens in a situation. You know the drill — cut the grass, bag the clippings, and leave them at the curb.
See also: know


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Phase two drilling began in November with eight holes to be drilled down 50 to 130 metres.
Shear numbers reveal project potential by Stewart, Nick / Northern Ontario Business
The caissons are about two or three feet in diameter and they get drilled down about 50 feet and are reinforced with steel and concrete," said Project Executive Walter Beale of Marson Contracting Co.
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The Workshop focused on the big picture of e-business in the Department of Defense (DoD) and in the Air Force; the second day drilled down to the role of SPS in e-business.
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