poised to do

poised to do something

ready to do something; in the right position to do something. The cat is poised to jump on the mouse. The army is poised to attack at dawn.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Shareef	-	Arabic
Jaffer	-	Arabic
Leeba	-	Yiddish
Haines	['hainz]
Anjali	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Nepali
Chizqiyahu	-	Biblical Hebrew