an official decision made during a sporting event by an umpire, referee etc, based on their own perception of events, when there is no other way of measuring them objectively
That's a judgment call on a play where the goaltender is outside the crease.
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a decision that you have to make using your own sense of what is the best thing to do, because there is no right or wrong answer
They made a judgment call to continue with the interview despite a direct order tostop it.
Don't trust yourself to make a judgment call when you're drunk.
It's a judgment call whether it was even necessary to put this information out.
Examples of 'judgement call' in a sentence
judgement call
You can't make a judgement call on him after just one game.