make up one's mind
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You may see a failure to make up one's mind between two clearly differentiated candidates as an act of ignorance or dishonesty.
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When Rendalen was in the humor, he would play by the hour together, just as though no one were in the room; one might make up one's mind to go away at once.
From In God's Way A Novel by Bj?rnson, Bj?rnstjerne
Extraordinary how easy it is to make up one's mind about big things.
From A Woman's Experience in the Great War by Mack, Louise
What's of significance is sweet, however mistaken; one could make up one's mind to what's insignificant even.
From Fathers and Children by Turgenev, Ivan Sergeevich
She rocked her arms, crying, "It is so easy to make up one's mind."
From Sentimental Tommy The Story of His Boyhood by Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew)