lockstep

Noun

Meaning

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

a standard procedure that is followed mindlessly

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

over stage interlock hard pass pattern foot linked leg rough consensus harsh rigid pace leap
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Antonyms

simple kind easy soft flexible relaxed
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Hypernyms

march sop marching standard operating procedure standard procedure standing operating procedure

Anagrams

splocket

Examples

I will assert that U. S. economic growth is in lockstep with science and technology and, by extension, science education. Bill Nye

The key to Operations at Wal-Mart is their ability to maintain the highest standards while at the same time getting things done with lockstep execution. Michael Bergdahl

......not sin, he thought, I don't believe in sin. It's getting out of timing. You are born submerged in anonymous lockstep with the teeming anonymous myriads of your time and generation; you get out of step once, falter once, and you are trampled to death. William Faulkner

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

the union's support had been in lockstep for years Source: Internet

A collaboration between the WFM and the Canadian government, this project aims to bring NGOs into lockstep with the principles outlined under the original R2P project. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

locksmithy lockspit locksport lockstitch lockt locktail