a judgment call



a judgment call

  (American)
a decision someone has to make using their own ideas and opinions
Usage notes: In sport, a judgment call is a decision made by an official in a competition using their own opinion of what they have seen.
It's a judgment call - do we go by plane or risk taking the car to the conference.
See also: call, judgment

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Agness['ægnis]
Rien (2)REENDutch
DeltaDEL-təEnglish
Newman['nju:mən]
Chestirad-Medieval Slavic (Hypothetical)
Bosmat-Hebrew