make up one's mind

Idioms  

1. Decide between alternatives, come to a decision, as in I had trouble making up my mind about which coat I liked best. This expression dates from the early 1800s, although a similar usage appeared two centuries earlier in Shakespeare's King John (2:1): “I know she is not for this match made up.”

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make up one's mind

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

What's of significance is sweet, however mistaken; one could make up one's mind to what's insignificant even.

From Fathers and Children by Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev

As you say," she said, "it is a little difficult to make up one's mind.

From A Voyage of Consolation (being in the nature of a sequel to the experiences of 'An American girl in London') by Sara Jeannette Duncan

My advice was simply to make up one's mind what to read, and then read it.

From T. De Witt Talmage As I Knew Him by T. De Witt (Thomas De Witt) Talmage

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 Charles Greville

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