"drill down" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: en-au-drill down.ogg [Australia] Forms: drill downs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} drill down (plural drill downs)
  1. (of marching bands) an internal competition used to practice marching commands, in which the last person caught improperly executing a command wins
    Sense id: en-drill_down-en-noun-n85KRtwP Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (down) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 54 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (down): 57 43

Verb [English]

Audio: en-au-drill down.ogg [Australia] Forms: drills down [present, singular, third-person], drilling down [participle, present], drilled down [participle, past], drilled down [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} drill down (third-person singular simple present drills down, present participle drilling down, simple past and past participle drilled down)
  1. (idiomatic) to examine information at another level or in greater detail; especially in a database, to navigate to a more detailed level or record Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: get down to bedrock, get down to brass tacks
    Sense id: en-drill_down-en-verb-hYsc3SHl Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 54

Inflected forms

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