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off the beaten track

(US also off the beaten path)

Definition

C2 in a place where few people go, far from any main roads and towns: The farmhouse we stayed in was completely off the beaten track.Distant in space and time
(Definition of off the beaten track from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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