B2idiominformaleverydayIELTS-friendly
go down a rabbit hole
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to spend far more time than planned exploring one topic, especially online
Modern and very common in talk about the internet. From 'Alice in Wonderland'. Often with 'of': 'a rabbit hole of videos'.
In context
I only wanted to check one recipe, but I went down a rabbit hole of street-food videos.
Don't go down a rabbit hole researching every detail; just start writing.
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