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to change my mind

to change my mind

811 2.6
Decide to think or act differently from before
  • phrasal verb
translation icon : cambiar de opinión
  • And I would say the thing that really changed my mind about all of this is the research.
  • people change their minds
  • change one's mind for reasons
  • only to change one's mind

So maybe it'll change my mind, learn new ideas.

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Examples

  • Now go before I change my mind.

    Love Don’t Fade Away (2023)

  • OK, changed, changed my mind on nuclear actually.

  • Wait, I might change my mind and use the blue instead.

  • And I hope as I grow older, I continue to change my mind about other things.

    Film Courage

  • Those are four books that changed my mind and maybe they will change yours.

  • That is gonna change my mind forever, hearing that from you.

  • Too late to change my mind?

    F1 (2025)

  • When I heard the student's point of view, I changed my mind about the character.

    Academic text (2002)

  • I'm willing to change my mind on this topic.

  • After considering the evidence presented, I decided to change my mind about my stance on the issue.

Synonyms

to come around
vsto change my mind
81 4.1

To change your mind and accept something you first refused

does not require initial refusal or reluctance
to flip-flop
vsto change my mind
  • Literature
23 5.3

To suddenly change your opinion or decision

is usually a single later revision not frequent or repeated switching
to change one's tune
vsto change my mind
  • Informal
6 5.1

To show a different opinion after you were against it before

is a later revision without sudden or public manner shift
to come round
vsto change my mind
4 3.7

Change your mind because someone persuades you or you learn new facts

is not limited to persuasion or new evidence
to do a 180
vsto change my mind
  • Informal
4 6.8

To completely change your opinion or decision

is a smaller revision that does not fully reverse the prior view
to do an about-face
vsto change my mind
  • Informal
3 6.6

To suddenly change your opinion or plan to the opposite

is a later revision that need not be sudden or fully opposite
to change someone's tune
vsto change my mind
  • Informal
5.0

To have a different opinion after seeing new facts or benefits

is a general alteration not tied to new evidence or outside circumstances

Antonyms

to stick to
343 3.0

Keep doing something without changing it, for example following a plan

How Complete

to do a 180
  • Informal
4 6.8
to change my mind
811 2.6
to reconsider
227 3.7

Surface Forms

change my mind infinitive
changed my mind past
changed my mind past participle
changing my mind present participle
changes my mind third person singular

Morphology

change + mine + mind

The meaning 'to alter one's decision or opinion' is directly and compositionally derived from 'change' (to alter) plus 'mind' (opinion/decision), with the possessive indicating whose opinion is affected. This V + possessive + noun pattern is a straightforward, cross-linguistically common construction, so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words will readily understand the expression.

Etymology

The phrase change my mind paints a simple picture: your mind is like a path or plan, and to change it is like turning onto a new road. That's why change my mind means 'to change a decision or opinion'.