Idiom
change someone's mind
Meaning
To convince someone to make a choice or develop a preference differing from their previous one.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“I tried to change his mind about the movie.”
“She presented new facts to the committee, hoping to change their minds before the final vote.”
“Despite his initial resistance to the proposal, the persuasive evidence provided by the team eventually succeeded in changing his mind.”
Examples
simple
“I tried to change his mind about the movie.”
contextual
“She presented new facts to the committee, hoping to change their minds before the final vote.”
complex
“Despite his initial resistance to the proposal, the persuasive evidence provided by the team eventually succeeded in changing his mind.”
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