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Lockstep   /lˈɑkstˌɛp/   Listen
Lockstep

noun
1.
A standard procedure that is followed mindlessly.
2.
A manner of marching in file in which each person's leg moves with and behind the corresponding leg of the person ahead.





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"Lockstep" Quotes from Famous Books



... ranch-house window broke the night. Five minutes passed, ten, and still the train remained motionless. Suddenly, at the forward end of the coach, appeared the porter. Followed the occupants of the smoking compartment, each with his hands on the shoulders of the man in front of him in impromptu lockstep. Behind them came an apparition which caused the passengers, after a first gasp of incredulity, to vent their feelings in masculine oaths and ...
— Desert Conquest - or, Precious Waters • A. M. Chisholm


Words linked to "Lockstep" :   standing operating procedure, standard procedure, standard operating procedure, sop, march, marching


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