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LOCKSTEP
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A manner of marching in file in which each person's leg moves with and behind the corresponding leg of the person ahead
Example:
the prisoner's ankles were so chained together that they could only march in lockstep
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("lockstep" is a kind of...):
march; marching (the act of marching; walking with regular steps (especially in a procession of some kind))
Sense 2
Meaning:
A standard procedure that is followed mindlessly
Example:
the union's support had been in lockstep for years
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("lockstep" is a kind of...):
SOP; standard operating procedure; standard procedure; standing operating procedure (a prescribed procedure to be followed routinely)
