goose-step

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He gives them the benefit of the goose-step as he goes; he throws back his head and distends his fingers, presenting to the ladies a back expressive of more consciousness of his fine figure than of the lovely mirth that the artist has depicted in their faces.

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

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  • Pelosi's proposed repeal of decades-long House accountability reforms exposes a tyrannical Democrat leadership poised to assemble legislation in secret, then goose-step it through Congress by the elimination of debate and amendment procedures as part of America's governing legislative process. —  Cadillac Tight
  • Palestinian and Hamas supporters goose-step, Nazi-style, shoot out their arms as they deliver the Hitlerian "Sieg Heil" salute. —  Right Truth
  • Parents and grandparents of boys (and girls?) who don't begin to lay the groundwork today will risk seeing those children reach early adulthood in time to goose-step to oblivion. —  LewRockwell.com
  • They might become even more upset by the changing of the guard ceremony outside the Memorial to the Victims of Fascism and Militarism, where uniformed, gun-toting soldiers "goose-step" with intimidating ferocity. —  Alex Jones' Prison Planet.com
  • Second, Obama isn't a dictator, monarch, or demigod - and there is no requirement that any American to goose-step along with his agenda if they oppose any or all of it. —  Rhymes With Right
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