drill down
See also: drilldown
English
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Verb
editdrill down (third-person singular simple present drills down, present participle drilling down, simple past and past participle drilled down)
- (intransitive, literally) To examine something on a more detailed level.
- The issue can be drilled down to a simple yes or no.
- (idiomatic, software) To examine information at another level or in greater detail; especially in a database, to navigate to a more detailed level or record.
- Coordinate terms: drill out, drill through, drill in, drill up
- From the employee list, you can drill down to find addresses and pay history.
- (idiomatic, software) To replace data with more specific data.
- Clicking here lets you replace the annual sales data with monthly data, drilling down to help you track revenue.
- (intransitive, sports) To practice maneuvers in order to memorize them; to drill thoroughly (to practice).
- We've drilled down on guarding players with his skillset.
- (transitive, basketball) To score points; to do well in a basketball game.
- They drilled down three pointers throughout the second half.
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editdrill down (plural drill downs)
- (of marching bands) an internal competition used to practice marching commands, in which the last person caught improperly executing a command wins
- We knew someone had lost when the last two people in the drill down ended up facing each other.
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