drill something into someone or something
- drill something into someone or something
drill something into someone or something & drill something in†
Fig. to force knowledge into someone or something. •
Learn this stuff! Drill it into your brain.
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Drill in this information so you know it by heart!
Dictionary of American idioms.
2013.
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