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.
Examples of tall order in a Sentence
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That could be a tall order: New Hampshire tried to sue Massachusetts for temporarily collecting income tax from roughly 80,000 of its residents who worked from home during the pandemic, and the Supreme Court rejected the complaint without comment.
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Susan Haigh, Fortune, 24 Apr. 2024
Separating Russia from China today would be a tall order.
—Stephen Kotkin, Foreign Affairs, 18 Apr. 2024
Mine thoroughly enjoyed our spring break stay here, and that’s a tall order for my ever-harder-to-please tweens.
—Alesandra Dubin, Travel + Leisure, 11 Apr. 2024
Cornacchia, the president of St. Peter’s, acknowledged that the school was limited by its size and reach, and that recreating the magic of 2022 was a tall order for future teams.
—Santul Nerkar, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2024
Asking unhappy job seekers to fully embrace AI may be a tall order.
—Jane Thier, Fortune, 3 Apr. 2024
Topping the biggest debut week of the year a few weeks later is a tall order, but depending on what’s actually on the album, anything is possible.
—Jason Lipshutz, Billboard, 2 Apr. 2024
Bipartisan support to reverse that seems encouraging, but seeking to end even specious fundraising tactics during a heated election year is a tall order.
—Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Mar. 2024
Juxtaposing the story of the murder of Congolese leader Patrice Lumumba with a musical tour of jazzman Louis Armstrong and with the expansion of the United Nations after the independence of many African countries in the 1960s might be tall order.
—Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 11 Mar. 2024
Susan Haigh, Fortune, 24 Apr. 2024
Separating Russia from China today would be a tall order.
—Stephen Kotkin, Foreign Affairs, 18 Apr. 2024
Mine thoroughly enjoyed our spring break stay here, and that’s a tall order for my ever-harder-to-please tweens.
—Alesandra Dubin, Travel + Leisure, 11 Apr. 2024
Cornacchia, the president of St. Peter’s, acknowledged that the school was limited by its size and reach, and that recreating the magic of 2022 was a tall order for future teams.
—Santul Nerkar, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2024
Asking unhappy job seekers to fully embrace AI may be a tall order.
—Jane Thier, Fortune, 3 Apr. 2024
Topping the biggest debut week of the year a few weeks later is a tall order, but depending on what’s actually on the album, anything is possible.
—Jason Lipshutz, Billboard, 2 Apr. 2024
Bipartisan support to reverse that seems encouraging, but seeking to end even specious fundraising tactics during a heated election year is a tall order.
—Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Mar. 2024
Juxtaposing the story of the murder of Congolese leader Patrice Lumumba with a musical tour of jazzman Louis Armstrong and with the expansion of the United Nations after the independence of many African countries in the 1960s might be tall order.
—Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 11 Mar. 2024
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“Tall order.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tall%20order. Accessed 2 May. 2024.
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