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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Example Sentences

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

"It is so difficult to make up one's mind," said she.

From A Love Episode by Zola, Émile

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

How else can one make up one's mind?

From Daisy in the Field by Warner, Susan

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

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