drill down
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.08 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To examine information at another level or in greater detail; especially in a database, to navigate to a more detailed level or record.
verb
To practice maneuvers in order to memorize them; to drill thoroughly (to practice).
Intransitive verb
Example Sentences
- "The issue can be drilled down to a simple yes or no."
- "From the employee list, you can drill down to find addresses and pay history."
- "Clicking here lets you replace the annual sales data with monthly data, drilling down to help you track revenue."
- "We've drilled down on guarding players with his skillset."
- "They drilled down three pointers throughout the second half."
- "We knew someone had lost when the last two people in the drill down ended up facing each other."