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MISSION IMPOSSIBLE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does mission impossible mean?
• MISSION IMPOSSIBLE (noun)
The noun MISSION IMPOSSIBLE has 1 sense:
1. an extremely dangerous or difficult mission
Familiarity information: MISSION IMPOSSIBLE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An extremely dangerous or difficult mission
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("mission impossible" is a kind of...):
charge; commission; mission (a special assignment that is given to a person or group)
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