lockstep — Dizionario inglese

Sostantivo

1. A step whereby the toe of one man is brought very close to the heel of the man in front.

   Uso

   • non numerabile
   • usually

2. Close connection, unison, rigid synchronization.

   Uso

   • figurato
   • non numerabile
   • usually

   Esempi

   The CIA's analysts learned to march in lockstep, conforming to conventional wisdom.

   Altri esempi (1)

   But what [the Founding Fathers] weren’t counting on was lockstep partisanship, which translates today into a pro-Trump, pro-MAGA congressional majority that is likely to reinforce the president’s agenda, at least until the 2026 midterm elections.

3. An inflexible, rigid or stifling pattern.

   Uso

   • non numerabile
   • usually

Aggettivo

1. In close connection, in unison, synchronized.

   Uso

   • not-comparable

   Esempi

   With both official university policies lock-step in favor of military recruitment, the next move is up to the Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations.

Sostantivo

1. a standard procedure that is followed mindlessly

   Termini più generali

   standing operating procedurestandard operating procedureSOPstandard procedure

   Esempi

   the union's support had been in lockstep for years

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

   Termini più generali

   marchmarching

   Esempi

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