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Retroterm of the Day: In lockstep.

April 19, 2009 //  by David Keyes

A century ago, many American prisoners were made to march with their right hand resting on the right shoulder of the man before them. With heads bowed, no talking allowed, they could only shuffle awkwardly in what was called a “lock-step shuffle.” Today we apply that term to rigid conformists. They are “in lockstep.”

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