make the right call

make the right call

To correctly assess a situation and thus make a decision that results in a favorable or ideal outcome. It poured all day, so you definitely made the right call staying home. It's too much pressure being a doctor. If you don't make the right call about a patient's course of treatment, they could end up dead! The video replay confirmed that the referee had made the right call on the field.

See also: call, make, right

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