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.
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"It is so difficult to make up one's mind," said she.
From A Love Episode by Zola, Émile
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)
My advice was simply to make up one's mind what to read, and then read it.
From T. De Witt Talmage As I Knew Him by Talmage, T. De Witt (Thomas De Witt)
How can one make up one's mind where to stop? with whom to end?
From Nancy by Broughton, Rhoda