lost footing

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wobbled · balance · tumbled · slick · icy · unstable · grip · traction · toppled · faltered · skidded · misstep · plunged · precarious · scrambling · clutching · sliding · edge

Opposites
physical stability

lost footingsure-footed

Steady and balanced

balanced · grounded · rooted · stable · anchored

metaphorical position/advantage

lost footinggained traction

advanced · took hold · made headway · dug in · entrenched

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