Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

down someone's alley

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.73 in modern English

Syllables
down -some-one's al-ley
IPA
26
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

prep_phrase

Synonym of up someone's alley.

Synonyms

Questions

What does down someone's alley mean?
Synonym of up someone's alley.

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