Adjective
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in full control of your faculties
"the witness remained collected throughout the cross-examination"
"perfectly poised and sure of himself"
"more self-contained and more dependable than many of the early frontiersmen"
"strong and self-possessed in the face of trouble"
- self collected - self contained - self possessed -
marked by balance or equilibrium and readiness for action
"a gull in poised flight"
"George's poised hammer"