make up one's mind
verb1
Idiomatic To decide; to reach a conclusion.
- I can't make up my mind whether to have ice cream or cake.
- "I was dragged up at the workhouse school till I was twelve. Then I ran away and sold papers in the streets, and anything else that I could pick up a few coppers by—except steal. I never did that. I always made up my mind I'd be a big man some day, and—I'm glad I didn't steal."1909 September 9, Archibald Marshall [pseudonym; Arthur Hammond Marshall], chapter II, in The Squire’s Daughter, London: Methuen & Co. […], →OCLC:
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- One day child, I won't have to listen to your lies / On that day, I'll be able to make up my own mind / You know, I think I done finally realized / And now I think I can put you out of my life1974, Ohio Players, “I Want To Be Free”, in Fire:
- By that time, Labour had made up its mind.2025 February 19, Paul Clifton, “I am absolutely committed to reforming the railway”, in RAIL, number 1029, page 41:
- Related terms
- have a mind of one's own, change one's mind