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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 missionplay

  Familiarity information: MISSION IMPOSSIBLE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MISSION IMPOSSIBLE (noun)


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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