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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Ravee Chen is on a mission to solve a problem many of us know too well—hangovers.
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Kody Boye, USA TODAY, 7 Aug. 2024
Turning Point Pentecostal Church in Ohio posted on Facebook that Mejia was on a mission trip when the fall occurred.
—Salvador Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 5 Aug. 2024
Kwak, who serves as the co-chair of the IUCN’s Parasite Specialist Group, is on a mission to put parasites on ecologists’ radars with the first parasite conservation program.
—Hannah Richter, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 July 2024
Simone Biles is on a mission for her younger self at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris!
—Esme Mazzeo, Peoplemag, 27 July 2024
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Kody Boye, USA TODAY, 7 Aug. 2024
Turning Point Pentecostal Church in Ohio posted on Facebook that Mejia was on a mission trip when the fall occurred.
—Salvador Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 5 Aug. 2024
Kwak, who serves as the co-chair of the IUCN’s Parasite Specialist Group, is on a mission to put parasites on ecologists’ radars with the first parasite conservation program.
—Hannah Richter, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 July 2024
Simone Biles is on a mission for her younger self at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris!
—Esme Mazzeo, Peoplemag, 27 July 2024
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“On a mission.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/on%20a%20mission. Accessed 19 Aug. 2024.
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