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
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
But then it's no easy matter to make up one's mind when there are so many, many pictures—and so many, many people....
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, May 26, 1920 by Various
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 Turgenev, Ivan Sergeevich
Besides, when it came to the point, one felt too sorry for Nevill Tyson to make up one's mind to the worst.
From The Tysons (Mr. and Mrs. Nevill Tyson) by Sinclair, May
