LOCKSTEP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lockstep mean? 

• LOCKSTEP (noun)
  The noun LOCKSTEP has 2 senses:

1. a standard procedure that is followed mindlessly

2. a manner of marching in file in which each person's leg moves with and behind the corresponding leg of the person ahead

  Familiarity information: LOCKSTEP used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LOCKSTEP (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A standard procedure that is followed mindlessly

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Context example:

the union's support had been in lockstep for years

Hypernyms ("lockstep" is a kind of...):

SOP; standard operating procedure; standard procedure; standing operating procedure (a prescribed procedure to be followed routinely)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A manner of marching in file in which each person's leg moves with and behind the corresponding leg of the person ahead

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Context example:

the prisoner's ankles were so chained together that they could only march in lockstep

Hypernyms ("lockstep" is a kind of...):

march; marching (the act of marching; walking with regular steps (especially in a procession of some kind))