drill up

verb

To replace data with data from one level higher or less specific.

“Where were you when they were trying to drill me up?”

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Meanings

verbdrill up (third-person singular simple present drills up, present participle drilling up, simple past and past participle drilled up)

present singular third person drills up · participle present drilling up · participle past drilled up · past drilled up

  1. intransitivecomputingTo replace data with data from one level higher or less specific.

    I've got product sales data, but I want to drill up to product-category sales data.

  2. slangtransitiveAfrican-American VernacularTo kill (someone).

    Where were you when they were trying to drill me up?

Synonyms & antonyms

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APA

drill up. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/drill%20up

MLA

“drill up.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/drill%20up. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “drill up,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/drill%20up.

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