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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"It is so difficult to make up one's mind," said she.
From A Love Episode by Zola, Émile
Besides, when it came to the point, one felt too sorry for Nevill Tyson to make up one's mind to the worst.
From The Tysons (Mr. and Mrs. Nevill Tyson) by Sinclair, May
When Rendalen was in the humor, he would play by the hour together, just as though no one were in the room; one might make up one's mind to go away at once.
From In God's Way A Novel by Bj?rnson, Bj?rnstjerne
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