long suit
nounDefinition of long suit
1
: a holding of more than the average number of cards in a suit
2
: strong suit, forte
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Synonyms for long suit
Synonyms
forte, métier (also metier), speciality, specialty, strong suit, thing
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Examples of long suit in a Sentence
one-on-one politicking is her long suit
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When dummy leads a heart at Trick Three, East must rise with his ace to return a club, racing to set up West’s long suit. — Frank Stewart, The Mercury News, "Bridge: Aug. 10, 2019," 10 Aug. 2019 Transparency about the building plan is not the museum’s long suit. — Christopher Knight, latimes.com, "An open letter to LACMA architect Peter Zumthor: Stop dissing L.A.’s art," 9 July 2019 Dressed in long suit shirts over hidden white short-shorts, Draves and Slavin offer up lines and images resembling Bharatnatyam: deep, turned out squats, angular legs and feet and intricate articulation of the hands. — Lauren Warnecke, chicagotribune.com, "All kinds of duets featured in first weekend of Harvest Dance Fest," 9 Sep. 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'long suit.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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