"tough call" meaning in English

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  "pos": "noun",
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          "ref": "2001 June 25, Belinda Luscombe, “Dusting Off Fashion's Old Bags”, in Time",
          "text": "Will it work? It's a tough call.",
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        "A choice or judgment which is difficult to make, especially one involving only two alternatives."
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        "(chiefly US, idiomatic) A choice or judgment which is difficult to make, especially one involving only two alternatives."
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          "word": "judgment call"
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        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "choice which is difficult to make",
          "word": "vaikea päätös"
        }
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  "pos": "noun",
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      ],
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        "A choice or judgment which is difficult to make, especially one involving only two alternatives."
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        "(chiefly US, idiomatic) A choice or judgment which is difficult to make, especially one involving only two alternatives."
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "choice which is difficult to make",
      "word": "vaikea päätös"
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