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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While McMechan’s strong suit is looking at the bigger picture, Jimenez finds humor in the details.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 4, 2026
And foreign policy is not generally considered the strong suit of Labour's main current foe, Reform UK.
From BBC • Jan. 10, 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
In a cruel twist, the Ravens are horrible on defense, typically Baltimore’s strong suit, and not just because they had to replace five injured defensive starters with rookies last week.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 11, 2025
Which was just as well: goodbyes had never been my strong suit anyway, and lately my life had felt like an unbroken series of them.
From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs
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