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half a mind



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Idioms and Phrases

An inclination that is not definite or resolute. For example, I've half a mind to drop the course , or He went out with half a mind to walk all the way there . [First half of 1700s] Also see have a good mind to .

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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