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drill down

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Noun

drill down noun

  1. (of marching bands) an internal competition used to practice marching commands, in which the last person caught improperly executing a command winsβ€œWe knew someone had lost when the last two people in the drill down ended up facing each other.”

Verb

drill down verb

  1. To examine information at another level or in greater detail; especially in a database, to navigate to a more detailed level or recordβ€œFrom the employee list, you can drill down to find addresses and pay history.”

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