Learn English – What phrase, word, or idiom means the opposite of “going down the rabbit hole?”

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I often catch myself going down the rabbit hole, skimming one Wikipedia article… then suddenly it's two hours later and I have ten tabs open about a crazy assortment of subjects.

The Free Dictionary provides the following definition but doesn't offer its antonym.

go down the rabbit hole
To enter into a situation or begin a process or journey that is particularly strange, problematic, difficult, complex, or chaotic, especially one that becomes increasingly so as it develops or unfolds. (An allusion to Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll.)

Question: What's the opposite of that?

Staying focused, keeping on track, skimming, just addressing the obvious?

Thanks!

Best Answer

I know this is a bit odd.

I would suggest the phrase:

Taking the blue pill

It's a reference to the Matrix. Red pill refers to the cold hard truth. In the case of the Matrix, it meant that they lived in a simulation. It is one tough pill to swallow.

The blue pill, on the other hand, is the easy truth everyone wants to believe. An example would be the belief that we all have a soulmate and we are destined to meet them.

Or:

claw your way out of [insert whatever you want here]

Or:

Coming back to reality

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