grip, foothold, traction, ground, onus, sounder, turf, backing, toehold, groove, quicksand, mojo, momentum, keel, handhold, finances, grasp, track, equilibrium, precipice, luster, balance, shape, position, onside, stride, rhythm, treading water, bearings, disarray, terra firma, stumbling, fizz, stability, imprimatur, bounce, dire straits, shambles, perspective, underpinnings, foundations, spotlight, foundering, brink, reins, skids, stranglehold, solid, brakes, support, composure, impetus, quagmire, glide path, weathering, semblance, burden, toes, ascendancy, oversight, cusp, stewardship, graces, roots, supremacy, trajectory, knees, verge, credibility, morass, shoring, confidence, moral obligation, flounders, respectability, control, headway, direction, cushion, righting, sanity, edge, path, touch, underfoot, primacy, treads, rutty, focus, lifeline, bails, groundwork, succor, moorings, helm, backstop, taxpayers, responsibility, itself, reliant, mettle, fronts, foundation, standing, guaranties, terms, footholds, advice, warrant, mooring, order, prescription, base, justification, makes, means, accommodation, ante, argument, discipline

common ground

intimate, precarious, sure

status

basis