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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This light and breezy dramedy about two friends embarking on a mission to obtain a morning-after pill hits many notes à la Booksmart (2019).
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Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Dec. 2025
In the delightfully goofy comedy, tween girl Stevie and little brother Elliot are on a mission to find the Sandman and make a wish to keep their parents together, with the help of a sarcastic one-eyed plush giraffe named Baloney Tony.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 23 Dec. 2025
Part one In the first installment, Blippi is on a mission to get The Grinch in the holiday spirit.
—Sarah Scott, Parents, 22 Dec. 2025
Avatar sees Jake Sully, a paraplegic veteran, on a mission to the moon Pandora, in an entirely new form, adopting that of the Na'vi people.
—Grace Dean, Space.com, 20 Dec. 2025
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Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Dec. 2025
In the delightfully goofy comedy, tween girl Stevie and little brother Elliot are on a mission to find the Sandman and make a wish to keep their parents together, with the help of a sarcastic one-eyed plush giraffe named Baloney Tony.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 23 Dec. 2025
Part one In the first installment, Blippi is on a mission to get The Grinch in the holiday spirit.
—Sarah Scott, Parents, 22 Dec. 2025
Avatar sees Jake Sully, a paraplegic veteran, on a mission to the moon Pandora, in an entirely new form, adopting that of the Na'vi people.
—Grace Dean, Space.com, 20 Dec. 2025
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“On a mission.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/on%20a%20mission. Accessed 30 Dec. 2025.
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