Collocations for "drilling"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "drilling" in context.
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drill
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- a [pneumatic, hand-held, concrete] drill
- use a drill to make holes (in)
- use a drill to [break, dig, split]
- lined up for a [fire, military] drill
- [marched, ran] outside for the (fire) drill
- worked on a [filling, cavity] with a drill
- a [grammar, spelling, football, basketball] drill
- practice an [emergency, evacuation] drill
- what to do [when there's, in case of] a fire drill
- lessons should be less drill and more fun
- can be [learned, mastered] by drill
- informal: she didn't know the drill
- informal: you [should, ought] to know the drill by know
- the [clatter, noise, racket] of the drill
- drill [a hole, holes]
- drill [a hole] into the [wall, board, wood]
- drilled through the [wall]
- drill [an oil well, a well]
- drill deeper
- drill for oil in [Alaska, the ocean]
- drill into [an infected tooth, a cavity]
- drill (down) through [the layers, the earth, rock]
- drill down to the [bedrock, base level]
- drill the [troops, soldiers, athletes, students]
- drill [the numbers, these facts] into your [head, brain]
- have it drilled into [you, your head]
- drill into them the [necessity, importance] of [it]
- [fit, change] the drill bit
- [tighten, loosen] the drill chuck
- is the drill instructor
'drilling' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):