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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The duo headlined Disney’s 2021 adventure movie about a riverboat captain who guides a scientist and her brother on a mission to find the Tree of Life.
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Zack Sharf, Variety, 21 Nov. 2025
Amid all this, Joyce has been on a mission to rescue Hopper, who survived the machine explosion from Season 3 and is being held in a Russian prison camp.
—Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 19 Nov. 2025
The place filled with people from the surrounding neighborhoods and foodies on a mission from Manhattan.
—Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 19 Nov. 2025
Mod plays Laila, an acerbic and anarchic Black Doves agent who is sent to help Helen on a mission; Ceesay plays Mr Conteh, a Black Doves executive with suspicious motivations and Riley plays Patrick, an emissary from a mysterious organization, who offers Sam a lifeline.
—Peter White, Deadline, 18 Nov. 2025
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Zack Sharf, Variety, 21 Nov. 2025
Amid all this, Joyce has been on a mission to rescue Hopper, who survived the machine explosion from Season 3 and is being held in a Russian prison camp.
—Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 19 Nov. 2025
The place filled with people from the surrounding neighborhoods and foodies on a mission from Manhattan.
—Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 19 Nov. 2025
Mod plays Laila, an acerbic and anarchic Black Doves agent who is sent to help Helen on a mission; Ceesay plays Mr Conteh, a Black Doves executive with suspicious motivations and Riley plays Patrick, an emissary from a mysterious organization, who offers Sam a lifeline.
—Peter White, Deadline, 18 Nov. 2025
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