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drill down

verb

  1. (intr, adverb) to look at or examine something in depth

    to drill down through financial data

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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"These are massive issues... when you drill down into examples of how this might be applied, it has big implications for individuals, it has big implications for businesses and public services," he said.

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They then took a week to drill down through the ice to get the two deepest core samples, with the temperature dropping to minus 18C at night.

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She doesn’t really drill down that hard.

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But “Depeche Mode: M” is different and poignant, using its 2023 “Memento Mori” tour to drill down into specifically Mexican conceptions of death and remembrance in the wake of the death of co-founder Andy “Fletch” Fletcher.

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“It’s for us to drill down on the granular details of exactly what the Ukrainians need to give them a sense of security in the future… We were fully committed to be there for that purpose.”

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