English Explanatory Dictionary

pave the cowpath

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To formalize an existing de-facto practice.

Word forms

pave the cowpath paves the cowpath paving the cowpath paved the cowpath

Etymology

Reflecting the theme that some paved roads of the 20th and 21st centuries were developed over existing rights of way such as earlier cowpaths and footpaths; see also Wikipedia at desire path.

Related words

desire path
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