In [69]: df.apply(lambda x: x.str.contains('|'.join(column_filters[x.name]), case=False)) Out[69]: COLUMN_1 COLUMN_2 0 True True 1 True False 2 False True 3 False False 4 False False
In [69]: df.apply(lambda x: x.str.contains('|'.join(column_filters[x.name]), case=False)) Out[69]: COLUMN_1 COLUMN_2 0 True True 1 True False 2 False True 3 False False 4 False False