your mission, should you choose to accept it

English

Etymology

From the TV series Mission: Impossible.

Pronunciation

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Phrase

your mission, should you choose to accept it

1. (informal, humorous) Your mission or task; what you must do.
   • 2000 January 15, Peter Sagal, “Wait, Wait...Don't Tell Me!”, in National Public Radio:

     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.