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strong suit

noun

Bridge. a long suit that contains high cards.
Also called strong point. one's most highly developed characteristic, talent, or skill; forte:
Patience is not his strong suit.

First recorded in 1860–65

But there are many more where formal mathematics is a strong suit.

This makes you brilliant at group collaborations, not typically a strong suit.

The hand which contains the strong suit should be sufficiently strong in cards of re-entry.

Doubling by the third hand is universally understood to mean that the player has a very strong suit which he can establish.

As a matter of fact thought was not his strong suit in the game of life.

If you use the weak discard and wish to throw away your strong suit, discard first a high and then a lower card.

Mr. Rogers did not often lead even from a strong suit unless it contained at least one honour.

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