mission : Idioms & Phrases

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combat mission

  • noun a mission to capture or defend something
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diplomatic mission

  • noun a mission serving diplomatic ends
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foreign mission

  • noun an organization of missionaries in a foreign land sent to carry on religious work
    mission; missionary post; missionary station.
  • noun a permanent diplomatic mission headed by a minister
    legation.
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military mission

  • noun an operation that is assigned by a higher headquarters
    mission.
    • the planes were on a bombing mission
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mission bells

  • noun herb of southwestern United States having dark purple bell-shaped flowers mottled with green
    black fritillary; Fritillaria biflora.
  • noun herb of northwestern America having green-and-purple bell-shaped flowers
    Fritillaria affinis; Fritillaria lanceolata; Fritillaria mutica; rice-grain fritillary.
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mission impossible

  • noun an extremely dangerous or difficult mission
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Mission school

  • . (a) A school connected with a mission and conducted by missionaries . (b) A school for the religious instruction of children not having regular church privileges.
Webster 1913

peacekeeping mission

  • noun the activity of keeping the peace by military forces (especially when international military forces enforce a truce between hostile groups or nations)
    peacekeeping operation; peacekeeping.
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reconnaissance mission

  • noun the act of reconnoitring (especially to gain information about an enemy or potential enemy)
    reconnaissance.
    • an exchange of fire occurred on a reconnaissance mission
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search and destroy mission

  • noun an operation developed for United States troops in Vietnam; troops would move through a designated area destroying troops as they found them
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search and rescue mission

  • noun a rescue mission to search for survivors and to rescue them
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search mission

  • noun a mission to discover something
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suicide mission

  • noun killing or injuring others while annihilating yourself; usually accomplished with a bomb
    martyr operation; sacrifice operation.
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