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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That’s a tall order for anyone, and the contradictory demands of tax cuts, deficit reduction, tariffs, and economic growth are probably impossible to balance. —

Peter Green, Quartz, 30 Dec. 2024 Ever Crisis covers the entirety of the FF7 Compilation story, which is a tall order given how many games exist in that universe. —

David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Dec. 2024 Indeed, delivering on democracy in Bangladesh is a tall order. —

Michael Kugelman, NPR, 21 Dec. 2024 And any legislation in the Senate may require a filibuster-proof margin of 60 votes; even if all Republican senators were in favor of abolishing the department (which is not at all a sure thing), that would still require seven Democratic senators to join them — a tall order. —

Adam S. Minsky, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for tall order