bore through
bore through (someone or something)
1. Literally, to create a hole in an object or material. You're going to need a special drill to bore through something this thick.
2. By extension, to penetrate someone's inner self or emotions, often in a deeply affecting way. I had to turn around and look at the mysterious man because his gaze just bore through me.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
bore through someone
Fig. [for someone's gaze] to seem to penetrate the person being gazed or stared at. Her stare bored right through me.
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bore through something
to pierce or drill through something. The drill bit could not bore through the steel plate.
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- bore through (someone or something)
- drill into
- punch a hole in
- punch a hole in (something)
- drill down
- drill bit
- punch into
- punch into (something)
- break rank
- break ranks