lockstep

Noun lockstep has 2 senses

• lockstep(n = noun.act) - a standard procedure that is followed mindlessly; "the union's support had been in lockstep for years"
is a kind of sop, standard operating procedure, standard procedure, standing operating procedure

• lockstep(n = noun.act) - 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"
is a kind of march, marching