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drilling up

drilling up is the present participle and gerund of drill up.

Meaning of drill up

Verb

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

  1. (intransitive) To 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. (slang, transitive, African-American Vernacular) To kill (someone).
    • Where were you when they were trying to drill me up?

Questions about drilling up

What is drilling up the present participle and gerund of?
Drilling up is the present participle and gerund of drill up.

Words near drilling up in the dictionary

  1. drilling in
  2. drilling out
  3. drilling rig
  4. drilling rigs
  5. drilling through
  6. drilling up
  7. drillings
  8. drillmaster
  9. drillmasters
  10. Drillock
  11. drillproof

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