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
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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
One has to sample several glasses of each before one can definitely make up one's mind as to which is the best.
From The Gourmet's Guide to Europe by Newnham-Davis, Lieut.-Col. (Nathaniel)
One does not have much time to make up one's mind when flying through the air from a high trapeze.
From Joe Strong, the Boy Fish or Marvelous Doings in a Big Tank by Barnum, Vance
One has only to make up one's mind to it, and then—do it.
From Last Words by Crane, Stephen