Dictionary Check: lockstep

"lockstep" is a valid word!

Scrabble 16 points
Words with Friends 19 points

Definition

noun

a standard procedure that is followed mindlessly

Example: "the union's support had been in lockstep for years"
noun

a manner of marching in file in which each person's leg moves with and behind the corresponding leg of the person ahead

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

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