your mission, should you choose to accept it

phrase

Your mission or task; what you must do.

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Meanings

phrase
  1. humorousinformalYour mission or task; what you must do.

    We recently heard about a particularly daring espionage coup. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to listen to our panelists as they describe a tactic that even Matt Helm had never thought of.

    2000 January 15, Peter Sagal, “Wait, Wait...Don't Tell Me!”, in National Public Radio

Origin

From the TV series Mission: Impossible.

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APA

your mission, should you choose to accept it. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/your%20mission%2C%20should%20you%20choose%20to%20accept%20it

MLA

“your mission, should you choose to accept it.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/your%20mission%2C%20should%20you%20choose%20to%20accept%20it. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

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