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half a mind
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 .Example Sentences
Now that Roe has ended, I have half a mind to out every last one of them.
“I’ve half a mind to bottle those up,” said Birdie.
She had half a mind to resent; but an instant’s observation convinced her that it was really said only to relieve his own feelings, and not meant to provoke; and therefore she let it pass.
“Darn me if I couldn’t eat ’em,” said the man, with a threatening shake of his head, “and if I han’t half a mind to’t!”
I’m of half a mind to have her move out for the remainder of the summer, earn a living at a low-wage job, and then see how she feels.
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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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