You can do one of the the following:

julia> df = DataFrame(x = 1:3, y = 4:6)
3×2 DataFrame
 Row │ x      y
     │ Int64  Int64
─────┼──────────────
   1 │     1      4
   2 │     2      5
   3 │     3      6

julia> @chain df begin
       _.x
       end
3-element Vector{Int64}:
 1
 2
 3

julia> @chain df begin
       getproperty(:x) # same as above
       end
3-element Vector{Int64}:
 1
 2
 3

julia> @chain df begin
       getindex(!, :x) # also _[!, :x]
       end
3-element Vector{Int64}:
 1
 2
 3

julia> @chain df begin
       getindex(:, :x) # also _[:, :x]
       end
3-element Vector{Int64}:
 1
 2
 3

Probably the first option (with _.x is the simplest in practice.

I have shown the other options to highlight that all special syntaxes like df.x or df[!, :x] are actually function calls, and the special syntax is just a convenience.