Balance
Balance verb - To show uncertainty about the right course of action.
Usage example: his tendency to balance and waffle on certain hot-button issues may hurt him in the general election
Teeter and balance are semantically related In some cases you can use "Teeter" instead the word "Balance" as a verb or a noun.
Teeter
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- Running to an edge made him visibly teeter and either regain his balance or grab onto the edge.
Source: Edge Gravity -
In Season 6, the manual transmission challenge was to balance a car on a teeter-totter.
Source: Driving Stick - This was averted in Silent Hill 3 where Heather will sometimes stop and teeter at the edge of a Bottomless Pit, but other times lose her balance and stumble in.
Source: Edge Gravity
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