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be right up sb's alley

US informal (UK be right up sb's street)

Definition

to be exactly the type of thing that someone knows about or likes to do: I've got a question here which should be right up your alley.
(Definition of be right up sb's alley from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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