trample out

trample out

To forge a pathway by walking on top of vegetation until it is permanently flattened or destroyed. The elephants have trampled out a path that they follow every single year. The kids have run back and forth between the two yards so frequently that they've trampled a little pathway out.
See also: out, trample
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

trample something out

to create a pathway by marching or stamping the same trail over and over. The mail carriers have trampled a path out through my marigolds! Jim trampled out a path in my garden.
See also: out, trample
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • forge on
  • trample down
  • cut a path
  • forge
  • forge ahead
  • escape fire
  • halloo
  • never whistle until you are out of the woods
  • don't halloo before you are out of the woods
  • don't whistle before you are out of the woods