brace for impact

Related
  • braceDevice providing structural stability
  • impactForceful contact or consequence
  • crashSudden violent impact
  • collisionForceful contact between objects
  • turbulenceChaotic flow patterns

seatbelt · grip · tense · prepare · duck · cover · emergency · warning · jolt · shock · airplane · disaster · protect · anticipate · fear · adrenaline · fetal · crouch

Categories
Opposites
preparedness for collision/trauma

brace for impactcaught off guard

Surprised when unprepared

blindsided · taken by surprise · unprepared · oblivious · unaware

response to danger

brace for impactlet go

Cease holding something

surrender · release tension · yield · submit · give in

temporal orientation toward difficulty

brace for impactbreathe easy

Feel relief from stress

sigh of relief · all clear · stand down · relax · coast is clear

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