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tall order
adjective as in formidable
noun as in uphill struggle
Example Sentences
He promises to fix most problems in four years - a tall order for Europe's biggest economy and a creaking infrastructure.
Matching the sales of the original Switch will be a tall order, but it's fairly safe to assume demand will be high when it's released.
"It's a tall order but anything could happen in football."
But it's a tall order, with many having suffered losses of every kind in the civil war.
But the Local Government Association said financial pressures had left councils with limited resources to process applications, making the 2031 deadline "a tall order unlikely to be met".
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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