decide on something—
1. choose smth. from two or more possibilities:
- After exhaustive product research, I finally decided on licensed leather sports caps.
2. settle a question, etc.; make a judgment on smth.:
- The courts that decided on the case had been wrong in concluding that he was not the co-owner of the property.
decide something—
1. = decide on something 2:
- A jury of citizens and not the judge decided the case, and the company in which Turk owned stock actually lost.
2. influence or determine the outcome of smth.:
- Diallo also had no complaints about the penalty kick that decided the match.