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
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
Mahsh tumtum, to give orders, mamook tumtum, to make up one's mind; mamook closhe tumtum, to make friends or peace; sick tumtum, grief; jealousy; moxt tumtum nika, I am undecided, i.e.,
From Dictionary of the Chinook Jargon, or, Trade Language of Oregon by Gibbs, George
The flesh of the penguin is black and leathery, with a strong fishy taste, and one must be very hungry to make up one's mind to eat it.
From Narrative of a Voyage to the Northwest Coast of America in the years 1811, 1812, 1813, and 1814 or the First American Settlement on the Pacific by Franchere, Gabriel
"Well, that can't be helped, and so one must make up one's mind to it."
From The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 5 of 6 by Sue, Eugène
