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up someone's alley

up someone's alley prepositional phrase: matching or corresponding to a person's interests or abilities well.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (informal) Matching or corresponding to a person's interests or abilities well.
    • This article would be right up his alley. Why don't you show it to him?
    • ‘This little bit of business will be right up our alley.’1960, J. E. Macdonnell, Don't Gimme the Ships, Melbourne: Horwitz Publications, page 136

Synonyms of up someone's alley

Questions about up someone's alley

What does up someone's alley mean?
Up someone's alley means matching or corresponding to a person's interests or abilities well.
What part of speech is up someone's alley?
Up someone's alley is a prepositional phrase.

Words near up someone's alley in the dictionary

  1. up shit creek
  2. up shit creek without a paddle
  3. up shit's creek
  4. up shit's creek without a paddle
  5. up so down
  6. up someone's alley
  7. up someone's ass
  8. up someone's strasse
  9. up someone's street
  10. up spirits
  11. up stairs

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