lockstep

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noun

1. a standard procedure that is followed mindlessly
- the union's support had been in lockstep for years
• Hypernyms:
standing operating procedure, standard operating procedure, SOP, standard procedure
2. a manner of marching in file in which each person's leg moves with and behind the corresponding leg of the person ahead
- the prisoner's ankles were so chained together that they could only march in lockstep
• Hypernyms:
march, marching