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.
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One must make up one's mind to combat their exhibitions of weakness by determining to acquire ease of movement.
From Poise: How to Attain It by Starke, D.
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)
How can one make up one's mind where to stop? with whom to end?
From Nancy by Broughton, Rhoda
"Well, that can't be helped, and so one must make up one's mind to it."
From The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 5 of 6 by Sue, Eugène