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

Over the next few weeks, most of the U.S. is heading into peak migration, when hundreds of millions of birds can wing their way across the sky in a single night on a mission to claim a prime bit of real estate, attract a suitable mate and get to work raising the next generation. —Kate Wong, Scientific American, 28 Apr. 2025

Coco Jones is on a mission to captivate her fans with her debut album, Why Not More? —Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 25 Apr. 2025

While many of them were just commuting to work, plenty were on a mission to see America (and some of Canada) at a leisurely pace. —Ellen Carpenter, AFAR Media, 24 Apr. 2025

Pugh stars in the latest Marvel film in a team of anti-heroes as Yelena Belova, getting caught in a deadly trap and forced to work together on a mission that will dredge up their pasts—already, the film is receiving positive reviews. —Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 23 Apr. 2025

Rhymes for on a mission

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