be right up sb's street

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

Definition

› to be exactly the type of thing that someone knows about or likes to do: I've got a little job here which should be right up your street. → See also high street → See also Wall Street

(Definition of be right up sb's street from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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