tall order

See: LARGE ORDER.

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large order

[large order] {n. phr.} Difficult job; a difficult task to fulfill. * /It is a large order to educate three children in college at the same time./ Compare: [TALL ORDER]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

order

[order] See: [APPLE-PIE-ORDER], [CALL TO ORDER], [IN ORDER], [IN ORDER TO], [IN SHORT ORDER], [JUST WHAT THE DOCTOR ORDERED], [MADE TO ORDER], [OUT OF ORDER], [PUT ONE'S HOUSE IN ORDER] […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

out of order

[out of order] {adv.} or {adj. phr.} 1. In the wrong order; not coming after one another in the right way. * /Peter wrote the words of the sentence out […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

to order

[to order] {adv. phr.} 1. According to directions given in an order in the way and size wanted. * /The manufacturer built the machine to order./ * /A very big […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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