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a path that is created informally by people taking the shortest route between two points, often in defiance of designated paths or walkways
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The university campus had many desire paths created by students taking shortcuts across the grass.
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Let's just take the desire path through the park to get to the other side quicker.
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I always see people cutting through the desire path behind the building.
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Sometimes in life, we have to create our own desire paths to reach our goals faster.