lockstep
lok step
- n a standard procedure that is followed mindlessly
the union's support had been in lockstep for years - n 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
- Instead of demanding lockstep, grade-level achievement, schools in some states could meet the NCLB goals by demonstrating adequate student growth.
- Just a decade ago, it was Japan that was indomitable, its lockstep alliance between government and industry the perfect armor for a take-no-prisoners .
- Your book points out that autism rates between 1983 and 2008 have climbed in lockstep with vaccination rates, yet childhood obesity, diabetes and even cell-phone use have soared .