Associations to the word «Lockstep»

Wiktionary

LOCKSTEP, noun. (military) A step whereby the toe of one man is brought very close to the heel of the man in front.
LOCKSTEP, noun. (figuratively) Close connection, unison, rigid synchronization.
LOCKSTEP, noun. An inflexible, rigid or stifling pattern.

Dictionary definition

LOCKSTEP, noun. A standard procedure that is followed mindlessly; "the union's support had been in lockstep for years".
LOCKSTEP, noun. 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".

Wise words

It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words, but a great deal in a few.
Pythagoras