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tough act to follow
(redirected from Hard Act to Follow)

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tough act to follow and hard act to follow
Fig. a difficult presentation or performance to follow or improve upon with one's own performance. Bill's speech was excellent. It was a tough act to follow, but my speech was good also. In spite of the fact that I had a tough act to follow, I did my best.
See also: act, follow, tough


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Hani Rashid of Asymptote, the subject of the next exhibition in this series in 2009, has a hard act to follow.
When it came to sanctity, his mother--Nana--was a hard act to follow, so he was inordinately fortunate to find a wife who could correct more than just his spelling.
Each iteration of afrik'arts is its own hard act to follow.
 
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