lockstep

Words with a similar base: lockstep

'lockstep'

[lockstep.n.01] as in: a standard procedure that is followed mindlessly

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

'lockstep'

[lockstep.n.02] as in: a manner of marching in file in which each person's leg moves with and behind the corresponding leg of the person ahead

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