find your footing
Get your bearings
To find your footing is to establish stability or confidence in a new situation.
The phrase comes from the literal sense of securing your feet on uncertain ground—a rocky trail, a slippery surface.
Figuratively, it describes the adjustment period when starting something unfamiliar: It took a few weeks to find my footing at the new job.
Once you've found your footing, you can move forward with assurance.
- balanceSteadiness or amount owed
- steadyFixed, not fluctuating
- groundedStable and realistic
- stableSecure and unchanging
- tractionAdhesive friction enabling movement
gain traction · get a grip · adjust · anchor · equilibrium · roots · settle · settle in · orient · bearings · stance · grip · land · hit the ground running · recover · stabilize · confidence · adapt
- adaptabilityadapt, flexibility, resilience, adaptability, pliability
- success idiomshit the jackpot, strike gold, make it, rags to riches, come out on top
stability and groundedness
find your footinglose your balance
find, finding, findings, finder, finders, your, yours, yourself, yourselves