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drill down
drill down (to something)
to bore downward to something or some distance. We drilled down to a layer of waterbearing sand, hoping to make a well. They had to drill down to bedrock to make a base for the piers that hold the building up.
Common Names:
Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
Rosetta | | ro-ZET-tah | Italian |
Hans | | HAHNS (German, Dutch) | German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish |
Vergil | | VUR-jəl | English |
Hikaru | | hee-kah-ṙoo | Japanese |
Gruffydd | | GRIF-idh | Welsh |
Lorea | | - | Basque |