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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024lock•step /ˈlɑkˌstɛp/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]- a way of marching in which the leg of each person moves with and closely behind the corresponding leg of the person ahead.
- a rigid and inflexible pattern or process:to be in lockstep to the old way of doing things.
adj. [before a noun] - rigid and inflexible:lockstep educational procedures.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024lock•step (lok′step′),USA pronunciation n. - 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.
adj. - rigidly inflexible:a lockstep educational curriculum.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: lockstep /ˈlɒkˌstɛp/ n - a method of marching in step such that the men follow one another as closely as possible
- chiefly US 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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