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.
From Time Magazine Archive
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But then it's no easy matter to make up one's mind when there are so many, many pictures—and so many, many people....
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, May 26, 1920 by Various
One has only to make up one's mind to it, and then—do it.
From Last Words by Crane, Stephen
It is impossible to make up one’s mind in the midst of statements so different and yet so positive.
From The Greville Memoirs A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV and King William IV, Vol. III by Greville, Charles
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)