to be in lockstep
11lockstep — lock|step [ˈlɔkstep US ˈla:k ] n in lockstep AmE in exactly the same way or at the same rate …
12lockstep — lock|step [ lak,step ] noun uncount AMERICAN a situation in which someone has exactly the same ideas or opinions that someone else has, often without questioning those opinions or ideas at all: What is disturbing is this sort of lockstep… …
13lockstep — noun in lockstep especially AmE following rules and accepted ideas without thinking …
14lockstep — noun Usage: often attributive Date: circa 1802 1. a mode of marching in step by a body of persons going one after another as closely as possible 2. a standard method or procedure that is mindlessly adhered to or that minimizes individuality …
15lockstep — n. marching style in which soldiers are very close to one another so that each soldier s steps correspond exactly to the those of the soldier preceding him; any rigid or inflexible procedure adj. rigid, inflexible, not open to change …
16lockstep — noun a way of marching with each person as close as possible to the one in front …
17lockstep — UK [ˈlɒkˌstep] / US [ˈlɑkˌstep] noun [uncountable] American a situation in which someone has exactly the same ideas or opinions that someone else has, often without questioning those opinions or ideas at all …
18lockstep — lock•step [[t]ˈlɒkˌstɛp[/t]] n. 1) a way of marching in very close file, in which the leg of each person moves with and closely behind the corresponding leg of the person ahead 2) cvb a rigidly inflexible pattern or process 3) cvb rigidly… …
19in lockstep — (with sb/sth) ► at the same time and same rate as: rise/fall/move in lockstep »Gold prices don t tend to rise or fall in lockstep with those for stocks and other financial assets. ► agreeing completely with someone: »The Senator seems to be in… …
20in lockstep with sb — in lockstep (with sb/sth) ► at the same time and same rate as: rise/fall/move in lockstep »Gold prices don t tend to rise or fall in lockstep with those for stocks and other financial assets. ► agreeing completely with someone: »The Senator seems …
