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Definition (going) down the rabbit hole in British English

(going) down the rabbit hole phrase

phrase

From Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, a famous children’s story by Lewis Carroll in which a girl called Alice falls down a rabbit hole into a strange dreamlike world.

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used for referring to a situation that is strange, confusing, or illogical, and often hard to escape from

Example

Quoting from the people themselves is the easiest way of showing just how far down the rabbit hole we are going here.

Example

Professor John Kennedy invites us to jump down the rabbit hole and imagine a world where U.S. Supreme Court justices are elected democratically.

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Definition (going) down the rabbit hole in British English