TALL ORDER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tall order mean? 

• TALL ORDER (noun)
  The noun TALL ORDER has 1 sense:

1. a formidable task or requirement

  Familiarity information: TALL ORDER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TALL ORDER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A formidable task or requirement

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

large order; tall order

Context example:

finishing in time was a tall order but we did it

Hypernyms ("tall order" is a kind of...):

labor; project; task; undertaking (any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted)