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
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
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
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)
It was easy, however, to make up one's mind about what not to do, but mighty hard to discover the right kind of thing to do.
From The Soul of a Child by Björkman, Edwin
