drills down
Examines more closely
Drills down means to examine something in greater detail, moving from a general overview to specifics.
The metaphor comes from drilling through layers of material to reach what's underneath.
In business and data analysis, drilling down means navigating from summary information to the underlying data: Let's drill down into the quarterly numbers.
The phrase implies methodical, focused investigation rather than casual browsing.
- deep diveComprehensive examination of topic
- layersStacked levels or coatings
- layer by layerIn successive horizontal sections
- levelsHeights or ranked stages
- subcategoriesDivisions within a classification
hierarchies · investigation · probes · analysis · zoom in · segmentation · unpack · scrutiny · examination · systems · queries · data mining · granular · nitty gritty · dissection · under the hood · components · filters
drills downskims
Passes lightly over
glosses over · touches on · overlooks · passes over · handwaves
drills downzooms out
Decreases magnification level
steps back · pulls back · abstracts · generalizes · rolls up
drills downspreads thin
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