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toss up

• throw a coin into the air in order to make a decision between two alternatives, based on which side of the coin faces uppermost when it lands.
• "he tossed up between courgettes and tomatoes and courgettes won"

toss-up noun

• the tossing of a coin to make a decision between two alternatives.

take a toss

• fall off a horse.
• "I took a heavy toss when my horse fell"


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