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a judgment call

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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