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 Definitions of lockstep  [ˈlɒkˌstɛp]  

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Definition of 'lockstep' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) lockstep
a way of marching in very close file, in which the leg of each person moves with and closely behind the corresponding leg of the person ahead.

2.  lockstep
a rigidly inflexible pattern or process.

3. (adj.) lockstep
rigidly inflexible.

Etymology:  (1795–1805)

Definition of 'lockstep' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) lockstep
a standard procedure that is followed mindlessly
"the union's support had been in lockstep for years"

2. (noun) lockstep
a manner of marching in file in which each person's leg moves with and behind the corresponding leg of the person ahead
"the prisoner's ankles were so chained together that they could only march in lockstep"



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