drill down

See also: drilldown

English

Verb

drill down

  1. (idiomatic) to examine information at another level or in greater detail; especially in a database, to navigate to a more detailed level or record
    From the employee list, you can drill down to find addresses and pay history.

Noun

drill down (plural drill downs)

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