off the beaten path
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Idiomatic In a secluded location; in or to a place which is not frequently visited or not widely known.
- Jean had thought that the prowler might be some tramp who had wandered far off the beaten path of migratory humans.1915, B. M. Bower, chapter 10, in Jean of the Lazy A:
- Only a small group of websites, well off the beaten path of most surfers, contain the malicious code.2005 December 30, “Microsoft Confirms Windows Flaw”, in Time:
- Synonyms
- off the beaten track