change one's mind
Alter your stance
To change one's mind is to reverse a decision or opinion previously held: I was going to order the fish, but I changed my mind.
The phrase emphasizes the shift itself—you had settled on something, then unsettled it.
Unlike simply deciding, changing one's mind acknowledges what came before: She changed her mind about moving to Portland after visiting in winter.
- reconsiderThink about something anew
- have second thoughtsReconsider a prior decision
- rethinkEvaluate again differently
- sleep on itDelay deciding until tomorrow
- adaptModify for new conditions
backtrack · go back on · come around · doubt · adjust · flip-flop · regret · recant · about-face · persuade · waver · convince · hesitate · recalibrate · see the light · turn around · revise · decide
change one's mindstick to one's guns
Refuse to change position
stand firm · hold fast · stubbornness · dig in one's heels · inflexibility
change one's mindpersevere
Continue despite obstacles
stay the course · follow through · persist · stay true · see it through
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