"in step" meaning in English

See in step in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Prepositional phrase

Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=}} in step, {{en-PP}} in step
  1. Of a number of people walking, or especially marching, synchronously, so that that footfalls occur at the same time.
    Sense id: en-in_step-en-prep_phrase-GnhM1IV~
  2. (figuratively) Of two or more people agreeing, or following the same policy or procedure. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-in_step-en-prep_phrase-UPJaMN3v Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 43 57

Download JSON data for in step meaning in English (1.5kB)

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