"Don't forget to pick your present up off the path before someone else comes across it."

He has also gone to a lot of places off the beaten path.

The old man spoke without taking his attention off the path.

That is, the speed at which you would go the least distance off the original path of the car in a given time.

They got well off the path and waited for me, the young man a little behind his boss.

She was now off the main path, following a smaller side route.

"We must find a safe way off the path, where he can't follow or at least will be too slow to catch us."

Then she spotted him a short way off the path.

He came down off the path and across the beach to stand in front of them.

Because they were off the path, the B's did not spot them.