off the beaten track

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off the beaten track

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  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.

    Similar: off the beaten path

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@misc{off_the_beaten_track_2026,
  title = {off the beaten track},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/off%20the%20beaten%20track},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}