change one's mind

Definitions

To decide differently than one had decided before.

idiomatic

Equivalents

Examples

“She started up the stairs, changed her mind⟳, and turned to go back down.”

“So don’t necessarily assume⟳ that something has changed if I appear⟳ to have⟳ changed my mind⟳, sometimes my mind⟳ is all that’s changed.”

“Of course, I was not always right. I questioned the value of Crossrail (a scheme revived by Prescott after being scrapped by the Conservatives), suggesting wrongly that it may be "doomed to hit the buffers" […]. A dozen years later, I published my book on it, extolling the line's wonders. We are all allowed to change⟳ our minds.”

“I’m looking for the ladies in this frantic sea But then I change⟳ my mind⟳ and I fall⟳ in love⟳ with me”

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