make up one's mind
Example Sentences
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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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Now the more sense one has, the more difficult it is to make up one's mind in an affair of this kind.
From Old-Time Stories by Perrault, Charles
It may be difficult to do this, but one must make up one's mind to it, like the invalid who is ready to lose a limb in order to save his life.
From A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy by Husik, Isaac
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
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)