tall order
noun
informal
: something that is very difficult to do
Getting the project done on schedule is going to be a tall order.
That's a tall order to fill.
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The task of building so many spaceships in a year is a tall order.
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Ars Technica, 17 Jan. 2025
This is a tall order at any time, but now it must be accomplished with a one-vote majority in the United States House of Representatives and a three-vote majority in the United States Senate.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 17 Jan. 2025
But agreements with China, Russia, and Iran would be a tall order.
—Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 Jan. 2025
That’s a tall order for a season that encompasses an alien life form taking over David Schwimmer’s veins to that dangling eyeball to a group of quadruped aliens.
—Mark Peikert, IndieWire, 15 Jan. 2025
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Ars Technica, 17 Jan. 2025
This is a tall order at any time, but now it must be accomplished with a one-vote majority in the United States House of Representatives and a three-vote majority in the United States Senate.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 17 Jan. 2025
But agreements with China, Russia, and Iran would be a tall order.
—Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 Jan. 2025
That’s a tall order for a season that encompasses an alien life form taking over David Schwimmer’s veins to that dangling eyeball to a group of quadruped aliens.
—Mark Peikert, IndieWire, 15 Jan. 2025
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“Tall order.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tall%20order. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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