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long suit

noun [S]
 
 

Definition

Someone's long suit is a special skill or strength they have: She's great at writing poetry, but putting it to music is not her long suit.Skill, talent and ability
(Definition of long suit noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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