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.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Inge	ING-e (Danish, Norwegian, Swedish), ING-gə (German), ING-ə (Dutch)	Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, German, Dutch
Kierra	kee-ER-ə	English (Modern)
Iago	ee-A-gaw (Welsh, Galician), ee-AH-go (English)	Welsh, Galician, Portuguese
Maalik	-	Arabic
Genette	jə-NET	English (Rare)
Antonijo	-	Croatian