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Phrasal Verb: Drill down

Drill down - Search through layers of information on a computer

Example:

I really had to DRILL DOWN to get the answers from the database.

Notes:

- Intransitive

- International English

Other Phrasal Verbs

We have 3 phrasal verbs with 'DRILL'

- Drill down
- Drill down through
- Drill into

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