"up someone's alley" meaning in English

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Prepositional phrase

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  1. (informal) Matching or corresponding to a person's interests or abilities well. Tags: informal Synonyms: down someone's alley, right up someone's alley, up someone's street Related terms: in one's element, out of one's depth Translations (matching a person's interests or abilities well): jonkun alaa (Finnish), dans les cordes de quelqu’un (French), da súa corda (Galician), do seu estilo (Galician), neki való (Hungarian), nelle proprie corde (Italian), w stylu (Polish), dla (Polish)
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