Usually means: Demanding task with high expectations.
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  1. tall order: Merriam-Webster
  2. tall order: Collins English Dictionary
  3. tall order: Vocabulary.com
  4. tall order: Wiktionary
  5. tall order: Dictionary.com
  6. tall order: Rhymezone
  7. tall order: FreeDictionary.org
  8. tall order: Mnemonic Dictionary
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  1. tall order: Idioms

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  1. tall order: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (tall order)

▸ noun:  (originally US, idiomatic) A big job; a difficult challenge.

Similar:
large order, tall, big hairy deal, big deal, big boy, great deal, uphill battle, big ticket, superchallenge, extra large, more...

Opposite:
easy task, simple request, small favor

Types:
impossible, unrealistic, daunting, challenging, ambitious, demanding, formidable, Herculean, more...

Phrases:
a tall order, more...

Adjectives:
heavy, bigly, gert, heavyweight, capital, golden, bigass, rapping, sound, beeg, bigge

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Similar:
large order, tall, big hairy deal, big deal, big boy, great deal, uphill battle, big ticket, superchallenge, extra large, more...

Opposite:
easy task, simple request, small favor

Types:
impossible, unrealistic, daunting, challenging, ambitious, demanding, formidable, Herculean, more...

Phrases:
a tall order, more...

Adjectives:
heavy, bigly, gert, heavyweight, capital, golden, bigass, rapping, sound, beeg, bigge



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