beaten track

Example Sentences

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It is also a lever for encouraging tourism into an area far off the beaten track.

From Barron's • Feb. 10, 2026

The moral: Whenever possible, get off the beaten track.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 11, 2024

The town is so off the beaten track, the loudest sound is cows mooing in the distance.

From Seattle Times • May 25, 2024

The jurors then travelled a further three-miles down isolated country roads, with each turn taking them further off the beaten track.

From BBC • Feb. 1, 2024

It will do you no harm to see a little travel off the beaten track," he said, "and I'm not going to work the gold myself: my mining days are done.

From Samba A Story of the Rubber Slaves of the Congo by Strang, Herbert