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off the beaten track

off the beaten track prepositional phrase: in or to a place or places not commonly visited.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (idiomatic) In or to a place or places not commonly visited.
    • From Nikko northwards my route was altogether off the beaten track, and had never been traversed in its entirety by any European. I lived among the Japanese, and saw their mode of living in regions unaffected by European contact.1881, Annual Register, page 417
    • The Manifold Valley is on the borders of Staffordshire and Derbyshire, very much off the beaten track and somewhat difficult of access.1945 September and October, H. C. Casserley, “The Leek & Manifold Valley Light Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 263

Synonyms of off the beaten track

Questions about off the beaten track

What does off the beaten track mean?
Off the beaten track means in or to a place or places not commonly visited.
What part of speech is off the beaten track?
Off the beaten track is a prepositional phrase.

Words near off the beaten track in the dictionary

  1. off the back
  2. off the back foot
  3. off the bat
  4. off the beam
  5. off the beaten path
  6. off the beaten track
  7. off the boil
  8. off the books
  9. off the chain
  10. off the chart
  11. off the charts

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