lockstep
See also: lock-step
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lockstep (usually uncountable, plural locksteps)
- (military) A step whereby the toe of one man is brought very close to the heel of the man in front.
- (figuratively) Close connection, unison, rigid synchronization.
- 2007, Tim Weiner, Legacy of Ashes, Penguin, published 2008, page xv:
- The CIA's analysts learned to march in lockstep, conforming to conventional wisdom.
- An inflexible, rigid or stifling pattern.
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step whereby the toe of one man is brought very close to the heel of the man in front
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