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goose step

a marching step, as of troops passing in review, in which the legs are raised high and kept stiff and unbent: often used figuratively to connote militarism, fascism, etc.

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goose-step intransitive verb goose-stepped, goose-stepping

See goose step in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A military parade step executed by swinging the legs sharply from the hips and keeping the knees locked.

intransitive verb goose-stepped goose-stepped, goose-step·ping, goose-steps

To march in such a way that the legs swing sharply from the hips and the knees are locked.

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