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UK
/lˈɒkstɛp/
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[ US /ˈɫɑkˌstɛp/ ]
[ US /ˈɫɑkˌstɛp/ ]
NOUN
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a standard procedure that is followed mindlessly
the union's support had been in lockstep for years -
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
How To Use lockstep In A Sentence
- the prisoner's ankles were so chained together that they could only march in lockstep
- Or students can enrol in the lockstep program where they take no more than six credit hours per semester and complete the program in five semesters.
- And that in itself will persuade the allies to fall into lockstep.
- For a year and a half, they have marched in lockstep, with arms linked, against anything and everything. Think Progress » ThinkFast: April 5, 2010
- Blankley is probably confused that the USA prior to the ’60s did not, in fact, move in lockstep without dissent or disagreement. Matthew Yglesias » Blankley Calls for Comprehensive Press Censorship
- Now it is possible to concentrate income quickly through the globalized financial system which grows in lockstep with the increasing concentration of income upward.
- Narcissism and materialism were both drawn in sharp contrast to nihilism, but in the end the important thing was not to march in lockstep to the beat of any drummer.
- In lockstep with mistaken corporate practice, some of the current higher education policy wonks argue that tenure needs to be adjusted to make faculty less hard on the leadership of their CEOs.
- Marching in lockstep is the name of the game for some conservatives. Think Progress » Bartlett: Frum’s Dismissal Shows ‘All That Matters Now Is Absolute Subservient Adherence’ To The GOP
- I resented the notion broached upon her nomination - that one woman is as good as another, that Hillary voters will fall in lockstep behind her because they wouldn't care about or even notice the difference; that women would be happy to sacrifice their ideals at the altar of simple gender ascendancy. RVABlogs