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lockstep
[ lok-step ]
/ ˈlɒkˌstɛp /
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noun
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.
a rigidly inflexible pattern or process.
adjective
rigidly inflexible: a lockstep educational curriculum.
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lockstep
/ (ˈlɒkˌstɛp) /
noun
a method of marching in step such that the men follow one another as closely as possible
mainly US and Canadian a standard procedure that is closely, often mindlessly, followed
in lockstep with progressing at exactly the same speed and in the same direction as other people or things, esp as a matter of course rather than by choice
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