Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (2)
1.
a standard procedure that is followed mindlessly;
- Example: "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;
- Example: "the prisoner's ankles were so chained together that they could only march in lockstep"
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
lockstep
n 1: a standard procedure that is followed mindlessly; "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;
"the prisoner's ankles were so chained together that they
could only march in lockstep"