English

Noun

tall order ‎(plural tall orders)

1. (idiomatic) A big job; a difficult challenge.
   • 1911, E. Phillips Oppenheim Havoc, ch. 6—The Night Train from Vienna:

     "Guess they'd find it a pretty tall order trying to interfere with an American citizen."

   • 2009, Tyler Hamilton, "50,000 green jobs ‘a tall order’," Toronto Star, 25 Feb. (retrieved 27 Feb. 2009):

     Frank Macedo . . . said creating that many jobs in three years is "a tall order."

Synonyms

• big ask

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