half a mind

by A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates

[half a mind] also [half a notion] {n. phr.}, {informal} A wish or plan that you have not yet decided to act on; a thought of possibly doing something. — Used after "have" or "with" and before "to" and an infinitive.

* /I have half a mind to stop studying and walk over to the brook./

* /Jerry went home with half a mind to telephone Betty./

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	{informal} ¹⁴⁰¹ {n. phr.} ⁵³⁰

Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

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