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
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One has to sample several glasses of each before one can definitely make up one's mind as to which is the best.
From The Gourmet's Guide to Europe by Newnham-Davis, Lieut.-Col. (Nathaniel)
When Rendalen was in the humor, he would play by the hour together, just as though no one were in the room; one might make up one's mind to go away at once.
From In God's Way A Novel by Bj?rnson, Bj?rnstjerne
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
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