strike a balance

: to take a course : go

: to aim and usually deliver a blow, stroke, or thrust (as with the hand, a weapon, or a tool)

: to arrive with detrimental effect

: a tool for smoothing a surface (as of a mold)

: an act or instance of striking

: a work stoppage by a body of workers to enforce compliance with demands made on an employer

: physical equilibrium

: the ability to retain one's balance

: stability produced by even distribution of weight on each side of the vertical axis

: to poise or arrange in or as if in balance

: to bring into harmony or proportion

: to bring to a state or position of balance (see ¹balance 2)