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.
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How else can one make up one's mind?
From Daisy in the Field by Warner, Susan
It may be difficult to do this, but one must make up one's mind to it, like the invalid who is ready to lose a limb in order to save his life.
From A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy by Husik, Isaac
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
To do something requires that one shall make up one's mind what to do, and that's such devilish hard work.
From The Honorable Peter Stirling and What People Thought of Him by Ford, Paul Leicester
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