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lockstep

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lock⋅step

  [lok-step]
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–noun
1. 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.
2. a rigidly inflexible pattern or process.
–adjective
3. rigidly inflexible: a lockstep educational curriculum.
Origin:
1795–1805; lock 1 + step
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lock·step   (lŏk'stěp')   
n.  

  1. A way of marching in which the marchers follow each other as closely as possible.

  2. A standardized procedure that is closely, often mindlessly followed.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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