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goose-stepped
Variant of goose step
goose step
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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.
Related Forms:
- goose-step goose′·-step′ (go̵̅o̅s′step′) intransitive verb goose-stepped -·stepped′, goose-stepping -·step′ping
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