poise

poise (oneself) for (something)

To steady, brace, or otherwise prepare oneself for something. I poised myself for the boss's criticism at the meeting. Many companies are poising themselves for an expected tumble in the stock market this week. He poised himself for impact with the other car.
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poise over (someone or something)

To stand in a steady, anticipatory position over someone or something. I woke with a fright to see my son poised over me, waiting with tears in his eyes for me to wake up. The cat poised over the mouse whole, ready to pounce the moment the rodent emerged.
See also: over, poise
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

poise oneself for something

to get ready for something. She poised herself for her dive. Fred poised himself for a fall, but everything worked out all right.
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poise over someone or something

to hover or hang over someone or something. She spent the entire afternoon poised over her desk, pouting. The dog poised over the downed duck, waiting for the hunter.
See also: over, poise
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • poise (oneself) for (something)
  • poise oneself for
  • poised
  • foul (one's) own nest
  • foul own nest
  • foul your own nest
  • enable
  • enable (one) to (do something)
  • enable to do
  • be sick to death of (someone or something)
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We collected identical data to that collected in POISE, including the same data definitions (7).
Beta-blocker management in high-risk patients presenting for non-cardiac surgery: before and after the POISE Trial
Poise is readily available at 16-1 and she looks good value to give Stoute his first Oaks winner since Unite took the 1987 running under Walter Swinburn.
Stoue poised for Classic glory
Performing for others is too often presented by teachers and, thus, perceived by students, as a test in which their poise, appearance, musical ability and worth are being judged.
Perspective on performances for elementary-Level piano students
Campus America's "triad" product name POISE (People Oriented Information System for Education), runs on the Digital Equipment Corporation VAX/VMS specifically designed for Digital computers.
New academic library system launched
How can one cultivate poise? There exists a number of poise inducing elements and we shall discuss three of them.
Poised for confidence
POISE AND PASSION: Florence Pugh as Lady Macbeth This is a chilly English Victorian-era take on a Russian novel inspired in part by Shakespeare's Scottish play, Macbeth.
LADY MACBETH
Jay Gottleib, president of adult & feminine care, Kimberly-Clark, adds, "For nearly 100 years, the U by Kotex and Poise brands have remained committed to continuously advancing innovation in, as well as the way people think about, talk about and experience the feminine care and light bladder leakage (LBL) categories.
K-C forms partnership with HelloFlo
The Smart Flo Poise offers 4GB of internal storage, which can be further expanded by upto 32 GB with microSD card.
Spice Launches Smart Flo Poise Mi-451 Budget Android Smartphone in India; Price And Specs Details
The ever flamboyant Flowers stated that "Poise International will help fill the void of model types that aren't always readily available.
Poise International Modeling Agency Announces Launch Party in March, 2014
Biopharmaceutical company Intercept Pharmaceuticals Inc (NasdaqGM:ICPT) said on Wednesday that it has completed enrollment of its POISE study, a pivotal Phase 3 clinical trial of obeticholic acid (OCA) in primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC).
Intercept Pharmaceuticals Inc concludes Phase 3 primary biliary cirrhosis POISE trial enrollment at 59 centres
Frankie Dettori clocked up his ton for the year and reduced Kieren Fallon's lead at the top of the jockeys' table to five when landing a double with Davids Mark and Poise on a sultry night by the Thames.
Ton-up Dettori closes in on Fallon with a double; Windsor
Having the "right noise and right poise" has led to the Nissan 350Z coupe taking a top car award.
Poise wins award
She needn't have read One Arm, inasmuch as Edith Jelkes, the heroine of "Iguana," haunts all neo-Gothic portraiture; any visual or verbal fable that exhibits a character's incomplete grasp of sexual poise necessarily returns to Edith Jelkes and her kind:
Fall Gals
Oscillating between Modernist machine and garden gazebo, the building's nimble poise is at the heart of its charm.
URBAN GAZEBO