drill through
Intermediate (B1)neutral
Make a hole all the way through something using a drill, or keep going through something until you're done.
"The engineer drilled through the concrete wall to run the new pipes."
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Power BI Update - January 2026
Microsoft Power BI · 4:37
For example, I want to drill through on USA to see its by-country drill through.

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styropyro · 4:09
It turns out trying to drill through

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Ninja Nerd · 220:55
to literally drill through into the area

Power BI Update - January 2026
Microsoft Power BI · 1:15
or drill through directly from the tooltip,

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CrashCourse · 2:19
only how to drill through kilometers of rock,