lockstep

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun a standard procedure that is followed mindlessly
noun a manner of marching in file in which each person's leg moves with and behind the corresponding leg of the person ahead

From lock + step.

"Now," he said, "can you do the lockstep?" — A Woman at Bay; Or, A Fiend in Skirts, Nicholas (House name) Carter
All the men jump up mechanically, file through the door silently close upon each other's heels in what is very like a prisoners lockstep. — The Hairy Ape, Eugene O'Neill
Followed the occupants of the smoking compartment, each with his hands on the shoulders of the man in front of him in impromptu lockstep. — Desert Conquest; or, Precious Waters, A. M. (Arthur Murray) Chisholm

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