in lockstep

in lockstep (with someone or something)

Moving or acting simultaneously with, in conjunction with, or in the same manner as someone or something. Primarily heard in US. For the past two years, the senator and immigration reform activists have been in lockstep. The data clearly shows that rates of unemployment and depression rise in lockstep.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

in lockstep

mainly AMERICAN
If two people or things move in lockstep, they are very closely linked and dependent on one another, so that if one changes, the other changes too. Levels of carbon dioxide and methane in the air fell in lockstep with decreases in summer sunshine. Note: Lockstep is a way of marching in which the marchers follow as close behind each other as possible.
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Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed.
See also:
  • in lockstep (with someone or something)
  • lockstep
  • in parallel
  • conjunction
  • in conjunction with
  • in conjunction with (someone or something)
  • gapers' block
  • in sync
  • in sync (with someone or something)
  • in/out of sync
References in periodicals archive
Well, if Brexit ever does happen, later or sooner if ever at all, one of the more practical issues facing those Members of Parliament will indeed be whether they should follow in lockstep with the European Parliament when it comes it keeping time.
Washington has insisted on retaining sanctions on North Korea and has called for progress on inter-Korean relations to be in lockstep with progress on denuclearization.
Philippine stocks were up on Thursday, moving in lockstep with the rest of the region, which was buoyed by gains in Wall Street overnight.
The bank, which said that Greece would remain with the eurozone, said that 'bullion has been trading in lockstep with the EUR.
The United States isn't moving in lockstep into the future of digital consumption.
Workers at the Bobov Dol coal mine have announced they will also hold a strike, the Bulgarian National Radio has reported.They have vowed to move in lockstep with colleagues at the Cherno More-Burgas mine, <a href="http://www.novinite.com/articles/163481/Burgas+Miners%27+Underground+Strike+Enters+Second+Day">where protest action is now in its second day.For over 35 hours, personnel from the Wednesday-Thursday night shift have remained underground, refusing to exit the pit until they receive two months' wages.Workers from the daily shift followed on Thursday afternoon.
IPCC models said without exception that as CO2 levels rose, then temperatures would rise in lockstep. It has not happened.
"Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan tried to distance themselves from the remark, but the fact is they're in lockstep with Akin on the major women's health issues of our time," an email by Fluke read.
The bank declared a full-year dividend of ZAR6.05 a share, which grew in lockstep with earnings - at a rate of 26%.
"Our understanding is that we are pretty well in lockstep with India in terms of calling for unity and calling for a democratic, peaceful path forward," she said.
Obama also said, "We are going to be sure we work in lockstep as we proceed to try to solve this -- hopefully diplomatically." DEBKAfile analysts report that by "lockstep" he meant the role to which he had assigned Israel in the massive disinformation contest underway between the West and Iran.
"Carriers can raise rates in lockstep now without any concern that such behavior represents a violation of antitrust laws," he added.
Coulter facetiously and snidely refers to Michelle Obama as a "saint" and "Mother Teresa" and suggests that her public service career "advanced in lockstep with the political advancement of her husband."
The evidence is several years of radar data that show Titan is rotating not quite in lockstep with its 16-day orbital period and other gravitational influences, as dynamicists had expected.