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noun

Lock step n.

A mode of marching by a body of men going one after another as closely as possible, in which the leg of each moves at the same time with the corresponding leg of the person before him.

Hence: (fig.) The slavish copying of one person's actions by another; as, party members who vote in lockstep with the leadership.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Lock step" Quotes from Famous Books

... pulse of "The Flying Fish Catcher," through all but interminable verses, while the men about them kept enthusiastic time by tramping heavily with their thick boots. At the end Kendric put his arm about the shoulders of his shorter companion, and in lock step they went out. The party ...

— Daughter of the Sun - A Tale of Adventure • Jackson Gregory

... nur there," said Jed hastily. "The nub of the hull thing is that if it hadn't been fer me, yer might be doin' the lock step in Atlanta or Leavenworth, or some other of them gover'ment jails. How would yer like that, eh? And wearin' stripes, an' nuthin' but mush and merlasses fer breakfast, an' guards ...

— The Rushton Boys at Rally Hall - Or, Great Days in School and Out • Spencer Davenport