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.
From Time Magazine Archive
But to make up one's mind to do a thing, and to carry out one's good intentions are two very different matters.
From The Girl from Arizona by Rhoades, Nina
Extraordinary how easy it is to make up one's mind about big things.
From A Woman's Experience in the Great War by Mack, Louise
It is difficult to make up one's mind whether it would, on the whole, be more desirable to see Canning at the Exchequer or in the Foreign Office.
From Memoirs of the Court of George IV. 1820-1830 (Vol 1) From the Original Family Documents by Buckingham and Chandos, Richard Plantagenet Temple Nugent Brydges Chandos Grenville, Duke of
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.
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