too close to call

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Resulting in too narrow a margin to make a decision, as in That ball didn't miss by much but it was too close to call, or The election was too close to call, so they decided to have a runoff. This expression comes from sports, where call has signified “a judgment” since the mid-1600s. In the 1960s it began to be applied to pre-election polls and then to the outcome of elections.

Words nearby too close to call

tony, too, too bad, too big for one's britches, too close for comfort, too close to call, too good to be true, too little, too late, too many cooks spoil the broth, too many irons in the fire, too much of a good thing

Words related to too close to call

close, drawn, needle, tied, abreast, level, parallel, head-to-head