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.

Examples of on a mission in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The vendors were all on a mission to support women in the outdoors, having identified a hole in their respective markets where the demographic is being underserved. —Tiney Ricciardi, Denver Post, 16 Apr. 2025

Larson was on a mission at Bristol to secure a triple sweep, meaning a win in the Craftsman Truck Series, the Xfinity Series, and the Cup Series. —Arick Wierson, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Apr. 2025

This time, the Cat is on a mission for the Institute of Imagination, bringing joy to two siblings struggling to adjust to life in a new town. —Jamie Lang, Variety, 15 Apr. 2025

Rest assured, Dedra is still a total badass on a mission, and Syril is willing to go to (almost) any lengths to advance the Imperial cause. —Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 14 Apr. 2025

Rhymes for on a mission

• abolition
• acquisition
• admonition
• ammunition
• apparition
• apposition
• coalition
• competition
• composition
• definition
• deglutition
• demolition