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Definitions

make up one's mind

VERB

choose

Synonyms

STRONGEST

accept adopt appoint cast designate determine elect embrace favor judge love name prefer single out take want

STRONG

co-opt crave cull desire espouse excerpt extract fancy finger glean predestine separate slot sort tag tap weigh will winnow wish

WEAK

call for commit oneself decide on discriminate between draw lots feel disposed to fix on make choice make decision opt for see fit set aside settle upon sift out tab take up wish for

Antonyms

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abstain disallow dislike hate ignore receive refuse reject repudiate repulse

STRONG

insert neglect not want

VERB

purpose

Synonyms

STRONG

aim aspire commit conclude consider contemplate decide design determine mean meditate mind plan ponder propose pursue resolve

WEAK

bid for have a mind to have in view think to work for work toward

Antonyms

STRONG

begin discard dismiss disregard forget hesitate ignore neglect reject start stop wait waver

VERB

steel

Synonyms

STRONGEST

brace fortify gird

STRONG

animate cheer embolden encourage harden hearten inspirit prepare rally ready reinforce strengthen

WEAK

buck up grit teeth

Antonyms

STRONGEST

weaken

STRONG

discourage dishearten

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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

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

To make up one's mind to be true to one's love—even if it be only the love of beauty—requires courage.

From As Seen By Me by Bell, Lilian

Would it be well, and could one make up one's mind to confine, or drive them all away at once?

From Pictures of German Life in the XVth XVIth and XVIIth Centuries, Vol. II. by Freytag, Gustav

How else can one make up one's mind?

From Daisy in the Field by Warner, Susan

make up one's mind

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