change one's mind

change one's mind
a) To decide differently than one had decided before.

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

b) To convince someone to make a decision differing from what a previous one.

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.


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