strong suit
Americannoun
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Bridge. a long suit that contains high cards.
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Also called strong point. one's most highly developed characteristic, talent, or skill; forte.
Patience is not his strong suit.
Etymology
Origin of strong suit
First recorded in 1860–65
Example Sentences
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The rickety CGI not its strong suit, “Hope” never quite follows through on its crafty first hour of peekaboo velocity.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
While McMechan’s strong suit is looking at the bigger picture, Jimenez finds humor in the details.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 4, 2026
Academics are not your strong suit - your strengths lie elsewhere.
From BBC ● Feb. 3, 2026
Yet works of high seriousness were never his strong suit, as his rambling and distressingly unfocused Eisenhower Memorial in Washington showed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 5, 2025
He begins to move through the jungle, and although I know he’s trying hard to be quiet, this has never been his strong suit, even when he had two sound legs.
From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins
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