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up someone's strasse

up someone's strasse prepositional phrase: up someone's street.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (humorous, informal) Up someone's street.

Origin of up someone's strasse

Substitution of strasse, the German word for street, perhaps originally in a Germany-related context, then gaining wider currency through euphony.

Questions about up someone's strasse

What does up someone's strasse mean?
Up someone's strasse means up someone's street.
What part of speech is up someone's strasse?
Up someone's strasse is a prepositional phrase.

Words near up someone's strasse in the dictionary

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

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