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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Support journalism on a mission to make business better.
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Peter Green, Quartz, 8 June 2024
Google has been on a mission to push Chromebooks in education and business after a rather lukewarm response from consumers to ChromeOS.
—Tom Warren, The Verge, 5 June 2024
Jeremy Renner is on a mission to prioritize his daughter.
—Emma Aerin Becker, Peoplemag, 5 June 2024
The Syfy series, introduced in 2019, casts Tudyk as the pizza-loving, profanity-spewing title character who crash-lands in rural America on a mission to destroy humanity.
—Hugh Hart, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2024
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Peter Green, Quartz, 8 June 2024
Google has been on a mission to push Chromebooks in education and business after a rather lukewarm response from consumers to ChromeOS.
—Tom Warren, The Verge, 5 June 2024
Jeremy Renner is on a mission to prioritize his daughter.
—Emma Aerin Becker, Peoplemag, 5 June 2024
The Syfy series, introduced in 2019, casts Tudyk as the pizza-loving, profanity-spewing title character who crash-lands in rural America on a mission to destroy humanity.
—Hugh Hart, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2024
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“On a mission.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/on%20a%20mission. Accessed 11 Jun. 2024.
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