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LOCKSTEP

Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

 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 aheadplay

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 mindlesslyplay

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)

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