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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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Sadly, this is Beryl's last year in charge and she will be a hard act to follow. A shining light; LETTERS to the EDITOR by Daily Post (Liverpool, England) Indeed, Saints coach Mick Potter is finding former Treble winner Daniel Anderson a hard act to follow. IT'S HALL TOO MUCH FOR SAINTS by The Mirror (London, England) Beijing is a hard act to follow but if we do it the British way and make it the British Games, it will be a great event" - Paralympian swimmer David Roberts. They say by Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England)			hang tough hang up hang up boots hang up on hang up your hat hang with hanged hanging hanker after hanky-panky happen happen on happen to happiness happy happy as a clam happy camper happy hour Happy is the bride that the sun shines on Happy is the country which has no history happy to happy-go-lucky harbinger of things to come harbor against hard Hard Act to Follow hard as a rock hard as nails hard at hard cash Hard cheddar! Hard cheese! hard feelings hard going Hard lines hard nut to crack hard of hearing hard on hard on heels hard on the heels of hard put hard put to hard sledding hard to believe hard to swallow hard to take hard up Hard words break no bones hard-boiled hard-nosed harden			Harch HARCO Harcourt Brace Educational Measurement Harcourt Brace Professional Publishing Harcourt Butler Technological Institute Harcourt Health Sciences Harcourt School Publishers Harcourt School Publishers Online Assessment Harcourt, Alfred Harcourt, Brace, and Jovanovich Harcourt, Sir William George Granville Venables Vernon HARCS hard hard hard hard hard hard hard Hard & Deeply Buried Target Defeat Capability Hard 10 Hard 10 Hard 2 Obtain Hard 4 Hard 4 Hard 6 Hard 6 Hard 8 Hard 8 Hard Acid Hard Act to Follow Hard alee Hard Alloys Hard American Metallic Rock Hard and Deeply Buried Target hard and fast hard and fast hard and fast Hard and soft (martial arts) Hard and Soft Acids and Bases Hard and soft drugs Hard and soft drugs Hard Array Logic Hard as a Rock Hard as Nails hard as stone hard asphalt hard asset Hard assets hard at hard at doing hard at doing working hard at hard automation hard bag hard bag hard bag Hard balancing Hard balancing Hard balancing Hard balancing Hard Ball

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

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