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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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
She rocked her arms, crying, "It is so easy to make up one's mind."
From Sentimental Tommy The Story of His Boyhood by Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew)
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
How can one make up one's mind where to stop? with whom to end?
From Nancy by Broughton, Rhoda