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mission creepGradual expansion of the objectives, scope, and/or cost of a military mission without careful planning.Rate it:

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forget, when up to one's neck in alligators, that the mission is to drain the swampTo lose sight of one's initial objective, becoming caught up in subtasks or in tasks only tangentially/orthogonally related to the initial objective.Rate it:

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your mission, should you choose to accept itYour mission or task; what you must do.Rate it:

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creep intoTo enter surreptitiously.Rate it:

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creep upTo advance with stealth, unnoticed.Rate it:

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creep intoTo enter something or somewhere by creeping.Rate it:

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creep outTo make uncomfortable or afraid; to give someone the creeps.Rate it:

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cela fait venir la chair de pouleThat makes one’s flesh creep.Rate it:

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fidei donumPrêtres envoyés en mission mais restant attachés à leur diocèse d’origine.Rate it:

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lost errandA mission likely to fail.Rate it:

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