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tall or·der
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Princeton's WordNet
tall order, large ordernoun
a formidable task or requirement
"finishing in time was a tall order but we did it"
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tall ordernoun
A big job; a difficult challenge.
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tall order
A tall order refers to a task or request that is particularly difficult or demanding to fulfill or achieve. It often implies that the task may require extra effort, resources, or skills that may pose a challenge.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of tall order in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of tall order in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
Examples of tall order in a Sentence
If one were to draw a graph of vaccine coverage versus danger, it would be a linear progression, the greater the vaccine coverage, the less the dangers and the other way around, of course, we want to get to 90 % coverage, it is a tall order globally. If we get to 70 % and stay there, there will be many sporadic outbreaks which may overwhelm health services. Worse, it will create more chances for the virus to mutate and variants of concern to emerge.
In order to meet demand, we still need to find and develop 5-6 Saudi Arabias, it's such a tall order that I'm not sure we'll manage, given that the world has consumed more oil than our industry has been able to replace the last few years.
We've got a tall order ahead of us to figure out how to make that work.
While taking on a career politician from the Washington swamp is a tall order, I am certain I would have won.
What he needs to do is hold the very motivated Donald Trump base in Virginia together and inspire that enthusiasm while also attempting to distance himself from some of the Donald Trump personality idiosyncrasies that turned off some of the Virginia big-market suburbanite women, that's a tall order.
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