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单词 mission creep
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mission creepnoun [ U ]

uk/ˈmɪʃ.ən ˌkriːp/us/ˈmɪʃ.ən ˌkriːp/disapproving

the fact of doing a much larger job for a longer time than was originally expected, especially in a military operation

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Increasing and intensifying

  • -ify
  • a snowball effect idiom
  • accretion
  • accumulate
  • accumulative
  • add fuel to the fire idiom
  • balloon
  • bump
  • dial
  • growing
  • heighten
  • hot up
  • increase
  • pile
  • rack
  • speed-up
  • spurt
  • step
  • step sth up
  • supersize

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mission creepnoun [ U ]

ukus

MANAGEMENT the gradual addition of new tasks or activities to a project so that the original purpose or idea begins to be lost:

Expanding our objectives will only result in mission creep and huge amounts of extra expense.
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