off the beaten path

Speech parts

1. off the beaten path - Adverb

2. off the beaten path - Phrase

Meaning

not along the usual route

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Synonyms

off the beaten track private lonesome apart unusual remote isolated distant alien obscure solitary inaccessible lonely secluded desolate
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Antonyms

near handy adjacent alongside accessible convenient
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Examples

I wanted to be able to talk with people who have trade jobs and make records with them. I want to do more records with carpenters, electricians, people who specialize in even more bizarre trades that are off the beaten path. Jack White

To really be on stage and not know what you're going to say, and to be able to say something that makes people laugh, or do something that's sort of abstract or off the beaten path and have people connect to it by just putting your ideas together, that really makes me happy. Mary Lynn Rajskub

My humor is a lot like Kristen Wiig's from 'Saturday Night Live' or 'Bridesmaids.' Quirky, off the beaten path. Nicole Ari Parker

in order to experience something different, you need to go off the beaten path Source: Internet

Words in the phrase

off the beaten path

Close letter words and terms

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