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
Diarmad	-	Scottish
Carlson	['ka:lsən]
Luus	LUYS	Dutch, Limburgish
Iakob	-	Georgian
Rebekka	re-BE-kah (German), RE-bek-kah (Finnish)	German, Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Icelandic, Faroese, Finnish, Biblical Greek
GergŐ	GER-guu	Hungarian