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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To do something requires that one shall make up one's mind what to do, and that's such devilish hard work.
From The Honorable Peter Stirling and What People Thought of Him by Ford, Paul Leicester
One does not have much time to make up one's mind when flying through the air from a high trapeze.
From Joe Strong, the Boy Fish or Marvelous Doings in a Big Tank by Barnum, Vance
But to make up one's mind to do a thing, and to carry out one's good intentions are two very different matters.
From The Girl from Arizona by Rhoades, Nina
What is really necessary is to make up one's mind.
From A Country Gentleman and his Family by Oliphant, Mrs. (Margaret)