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Account receives peer review, initially a tough task (4,5)

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I believe the answer is:

tall order

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'a tough task' is the definition.
(a tall order is a difficult task)

'account receives peer review initially' is the wordplay.
'account' becomes 'tale' (tale is a kind of account).
'receives' indicates putting letters inside (inserted letters are received).
'peer' becomes 'lord' (lord is a type of peer).
'review initially' becomes 'r' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'tale' enclosing 'lord' is 'tallorde'.
'tallorde'+'r'='TALL ORDER'

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(Other definitions for tall order that I've seen before include "Formidable task" , "Unreasonable demand" , "I want a skyscraper built by tomorrow" , "delivery of sequoias?" , "Request to tax" .)

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