on a mission
idiom
: undertaking a task that one considers to be a very important duty
She's on a mission to locate her lost sister.
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Kirui had been on a mission to summit the world's highest peak without supplementary oxygen, attempting to become the first African to achieve the feat.
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Emma Ogao, ABC News, 23 May 2024
Network executives once came to the upfronts on a mission to get advertisers excited about a handful of new series coming in the fall.
—Joe Otterson, Variety, 22 May 2024
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Emma Ogao, ABC News, 23 May 2024
Network executives once came to the upfronts on a mission to get advertisers excited about a handful of new series coming in the fall.
—Joe Otterson, Variety, 22 May 2024
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“On a mission.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/on%20a%20mission. Accessed 30 May. 2024.
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