make up one's mind

Questions about make up one's mind

What does make up one's mind mean?

make up one's mind means "reach, make, or come to a decision about something".

What is another word for make up one's mind?

Close synonyms include decide, determine. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is make up one's mind a common word?

make up one's mind is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.