hidden pathway
- noun
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sendero oculto
- While hiking, we stumbled upon a hidden pathway that led us to a beautiful waterfall.
Examples
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And so, determined to do the only sensible thing, she'd traveled for four days, threading rocky glens and finding the hidden pathways through the mountain forests.
Fiction book (1992) -
For no other reason than to explore and find that hidden pathway
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OK, you walk, you sort of follow this very small hidden pathway that goes along the the slope of this ravine.
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The children discovered a hidden pathway behind the bushes in the garden.
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She took a hidden pathway through the woods to avoid the busy road.
Synonyms
An indirect way taken to avoid traffic or being seen
How Official
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a route that is concealed' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'hidden' (not easily visible) with 'pathway' (a route or path). This adjective+noun compositional pattern is common across languages, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
The compound hidden pathway comes from the image of a narrow pathway covered by plants or rocks so it is hard to see. Such secret ways were used to move quietly or were found by chance, so the phrase means 'a route that is not easily seen' or used secretly.