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
You're different from your father . . one must make up one's mind to that.
From Three Plays by Granville-Barker The Marrying of Ann Leete; The Voysey Inheritance; Waste by Granville-Barker, Harley
"It is so difficult to make up one's mind," said she.
From A Love Episode by Zola, Émile
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
Dubious.—As you say, it is difficult to make up one's mind where to spend the holidays, because there are so many places from which to choose.
From Mr. Punch On Tour by Various
