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LOCKSTEP

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• 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.

• LOCKSTEP (noun)

Sense 1

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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

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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))

"An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure."
(English proverb)
"A fire should be extinguished when it is small; an enemy should be subdued while young."
(Bhutanese proverb)
"The thief stole from the thief, God looked on and got astonished."
(Armenian proverb)
"A thin cat and a fat woman are the shame of a household."
(Corsican proverb)

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Meaning of march
Pronunciation of standing operating procedure
Meaning of SOP
Pronunciation of standard procedure

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