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I don't understand about meaning of word of the phrase: "make up someone's mind".
For example: he makes up his mind about something.
Thanks you for helping.
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I don't understand about meaning of word of the phrase: "make up someone's mind".
For example: he makes up his mind about something.
Thanks you for helping.
phrase-meaning phrase-usage
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Sopheap Im is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
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There are 4 words there. Do you mean the phrase?
– Lawrence
2 days ago
Yes, I want to know meaning of whole phrase: make up someone's mind.
– Sopheap Im
2 days ago
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Please edit your question to include what you've found so far, and why it didn't help. Here are some dictionaries you can try.
– Lawrence
2 days ago
"He made up his mind" ... so not just someone's mind, but his own mind.
– GEdgar
2 days ago
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I don't understand about meaning of word of the phrase: "make up someone's mind".
For example: he makes up his mind about something.
Thanks you for helping.
phrase-meaning phrase-usage
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Sopheap Im is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
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I don't understand about meaning of word of the phrase: "make up someone's mind".
For example: he makes up his mind about something.
Thanks you for helping.
phrase-meaning phrase-usage
phrase-meaning phrase-usage
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Sopheap Im is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
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There are 4 words there. Do you mean the phrase?
– Lawrence
2 days ago
Yes, I want to know meaning of whole phrase: make up someone's mind.
– Sopheap Im
2 days ago
1
Please edit your question to include what you've found so far, and why it didn't help. Here are some dictionaries you can try.
– Lawrence
2 days ago
"He made up his mind" ... so not just someone's mind, but his own mind.
– GEdgar
2 days ago
add a comment |
There are 4 words there. Do you mean the phrase?
– Lawrence
2 days ago
Yes, I want to know meaning of whole phrase: make up someone's mind.
– Sopheap Im
2 days ago
1
Please edit your question to include what you've found so far, and why it didn't help. Here are some dictionaries you can try.
– Lawrence
2 days ago
"He made up his mind" ... so not just someone's mind, but his own mind.
– GEdgar
2 days ago
There are 4 words there. Do you mean the phrase?
– Lawrence
2 days ago
There are 4 words there. Do you mean the phrase?
– Lawrence
2 days ago
Yes, I want to know meaning of whole phrase: make up someone's mind.
– Sopheap Im
2 days ago
Yes, I want to know meaning of whole phrase: make up someone's mind.
– Sopheap Im
2 days ago
1
1
Please edit your question to include what you've found so far, and why it didn't help. Here are some dictionaries you can try.
– Lawrence
2 days ago
Please edit your question to include what you've found so far, and why it didn't help. Here are some dictionaries you can try.
– Lawrence
2 days ago
"He made up his mind" ... so not just someone's mind, but his own mind.
– GEdgar
2 days ago
"He made up his mind" ... so not just someone's mind, but his own mind.
– GEdgar
2 days ago
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"to make up someone's mind" has two main senses:
1) to decide something about which they are or were unsure about.
2) to make a way of thinking firm and unlikely to change.
I couldn't make up my mind whether I wanted tacos or burritos.
The writer has a choice to make but is having trouble making the choice.
She hadn't made up her mind whether to accept his marriage proposal or
not, until she thought she had lost him.
Another example of a choice, this time with the reason for the decision included.
It's useless to try to reason with him once he has made up his mind.
This is the second sense of the word, where a person's way of thinking becomes rigid and not easily changeable.
She had made up her mind that her boyfriend was cheating on her.
Nothing he said could convince her that he was innocent.
Another example where the phrase means that a person won't change their thinking.
Thank you for good explanation.
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yesterday
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It means "to decide":
If you make up your mind or make your mind up, you decide which of a number of possible things you will have or do.
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/to-make-up-your-mind
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2 days ago
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"to make up someone's mind" has two main senses:
1) to decide something about which they are or were unsure about.
2) to make a way of thinking firm and unlikely to change.
I couldn't make up my mind whether I wanted tacos or burritos.
The writer has a choice to make but is having trouble making the choice.
She hadn't made up her mind whether to accept his marriage proposal or
not, until she thought she had lost him.
Another example of a choice, this time with the reason for the decision included.
It's useless to try to reason with him once he has made up his mind.
This is the second sense of the word, where a person's way of thinking becomes rigid and not easily changeable.
She had made up her mind that her boyfriend was cheating on her.
Nothing he said could convince her that he was innocent.
Another example where the phrase means that a person won't change their thinking.
Thank you for good explanation.
– Sopheap Im
yesterday
add a comment |
"to make up someone's mind" has two main senses:
1) to decide something about which they are or were unsure about.
2) to make a way of thinking firm and unlikely to change.
I couldn't make up my mind whether I wanted tacos or burritos.
The writer has a choice to make but is having trouble making the choice.
She hadn't made up her mind whether to accept his marriage proposal or
not, until she thought she had lost him.
Another example of a choice, this time with the reason for the decision included.
It's useless to try to reason with him once he has made up his mind.
This is the second sense of the word, where a person's way of thinking becomes rigid and not easily changeable.
She had made up her mind that her boyfriend was cheating on her.
Nothing he said could convince her that he was innocent.
Another example where the phrase means that a person won't change their thinking.
Thank you for good explanation.
– Sopheap Im
yesterday
add a comment |
"to make up someone's mind" has two main senses:
1) to decide something about which they are or were unsure about.
2) to make a way of thinking firm and unlikely to change.
I couldn't make up my mind whether I wanted tacos or burritos.
The writer has a choice to make but is having trouble making the choice.
She hadn't made up her mind whether to accept his marriage proposal or
not, until she thought she had lost him.
Another example of a choice, this time with the reason for the decision included.
It's useless to try to reason with him once he has made up his mind.
This is the second sense of the word, where a person's way of thinking becomes rigid and not easily changeable.
She had made up her mind that her boyfriend was cheating on her.
Nothing he said could convince her that he was innocent.
Another example where the phrase means that a person won't change their thinking.
"to make up someone's mind" has two main senses:
1) to decide something about which they are or were unsure about.
2) to make a way of thinking firm and unlikely to change.
I couldn't make up my mind whether I wanted tacos or burritos.
The writer has a choice to make but is having trouble making the choice.
She hadn't made up her mind whether to accept his marriage proposal or
not, until she thought she had lost him.
Another example of a choice, this time with the reason for the decision included.
It's useless to try to reason with him once he has made up his mind.
This is the second sense of the word, where a person's way of thinking becomes rigid and not easily changeable.
She had made up her mind that her boyfriend was cheating on her.
Nothing he said could convince her that he was innocent.
Another example where the phrase means that a person won't change their thinking.
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Thank you for good explanation.
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Thank you for good explanation.
– Sopheap Im
yesterday
Thank you for good explanation.
– Sopheap Im
yesterday
Thank you for good explanation.
– Sopheap Im
yesterday
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It means "to decide":
If you make up your mind or make your mind up, you decide which of a number of possible things you will have or do.
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/to-make-up-your-mind
I just knew this would get a downvote from the "only the Right Sort of Questions are welcome in our club" crowd...
– James Random
2 days ago
Thank you for good answer.
– Sopheap Im
yesterday
add a comment |
It means "to decide":
If you make up your mind or make your mind up, you decide which of a number of possible things you will have or do.
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/to-make-up-your-mind
I just knew this would get a downvote from the "only the Right Sort of Questions are welcome in our club" crowd...
– James Random
2 days ago
Thank you for good answer.
– Sopheap Im
yesterday
add a comment |
It means "to decide":
If you make up your mind or make your mind up, you decide which of a number of possible things you will have or do.
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/to-make-up-your-mind
It means "to decide":
If you make up your mind or make your mind up, you decide which of a number of possible things you will have or do.
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/to-make-up-your-mind
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I just knew this would get a downvote from the "only the Right Sort of Questions are welcome in our club" crowd...
– James Random
2 days ago
Thank you for good answer.
– Sopheap Im
yesterday
add a comment |
I just knew this would get a downvote from the "only the Right Sort of Questions are welcome in our club" crowd...
– James Random
2 days ago
Thank you for good answer.
– Sopheap Im
yesterday
I just knew this would get a downvote from the "only the Right Sort of Questions are welcome in our club" crowd...
– James Random
2 days ago
I just knew this would get a downvote from the "only the Right Sort of Questions are welcome in our club" crowd...
– James Random
2 days ago
Thank you for good answer.
– Sopheap Im
yesterday
Thank you for good answer.
– Sopheap Im
yesterday
add a comment |
There are 4 words there. Do you mean the phrase?
– Lawrence
2 days ago
Yes, I want to know meaning of whole phrase: make up someone's mind.
– Sopheap Im
2 days ago
1
Please edit your question to include what you've found so far, and why it didn't help. Here are some dictionaries you can try.
– Lawrence
2 days ago
"He made up his mind" ... so not just someone's mind, but his own mind.
– GEdgar
2 days ago