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
If one wants to live in the London of the present day one must make up one’s mind to accept the fait accompli with as good a grace as possible.
From When William Came by Saki
In the morning, over the Times, it was extremely difficult to make up one's mind.
From Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, August, 1878 by Various
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
Now the more sense one has, the more difficult it is to make up one's mind in an affair of this kind.
From Old-Time Stories by Perrault, Charles
