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beaten track

beaten track {n.}

See: BEATEN PATH.

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[off the beaten track] {adv. phr.} Not well known or often used; not gone to or seen by many people; unusual. * /The theater is off the beaten track./ * […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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[beaten path] {n. phr.} The usual route or way of operating that has been conventionally established, * /If we always follow the beaten path, we'll never have the courage to […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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[track] See: [COVER ONE'S TRACKS], [IN ONE'S TRACKS], [INSIDE TRACK], [JUMP THE TRACK], [KEEP TRACK], [LOSE TRACK], [MAKE TRACKS], [OFF THE BEATEN TRACK], [ON THE TRACK OF], [THE TRACKS]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

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