Idiom
tough call
Meaning
A choice or judgment which is difficult to make, especially one involving only two alternatives.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“Choosing between these two jobs is a tough call.”
“It was a tough call, but the manager decided to cancel the project to save money.”
“Faced with the prospect of either cutting staff or reducing salaries, the board of directors acknowledged that they were confronting a truly tough call.”
Examples
simple
“Choosing between these two jobs is a tough call.”
contextual
“It was a tough call, but the manager decided to cancel the project to save money.”
complex
“Faced with the prospect of either cutting staff or reducing salaries, the board of directors acknowledged that they were confronting a truly tough call.”
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