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tall order
adjective as in formidable
noun as in uphill struggle
Example Sentences
Reversing enrollment decline is a tall order given the high cost of living in L.A. and the slowdown in immigration.
No, but that would have been a tall order.
That said, bringing a massive multiday Korean awards show to the U.S. is a tall order.
But getting the right people together in one place is often a tall order, and could be why some of these films arrive decades after the last one.
The arithmetic of doing so – recovering from the Conservatives’ worst ever election defeat and overturning a Himalayan Labour majority – looks a tall order, but so volatile is the electorate you never know.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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