beaten (or pipped) at the post defeated at the last moment.
☞ The post alluded to here is the marker at the end of a race.
off the beaten track (or path)
1 in or into an isolated place.
2 unusual.
❷1992Iain BanksThe Crow Road 'Your Uncle Hamish…' She looked troubled. 'He's a bit off the beaten track, that boy.'
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