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mission creep
noun[ U ]
disapprovinguk /ˈmɪʃ.ən ˌkriːp/ us /ˈmɪʃ.ən ˌkriːp/
the fact of doing a much larger job for a longer time than was originally expected, especially in a military operation（尤指军事行动中的）使命偏离，任务蠕升
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Increasing and intensifying
accretion
accumulate
accumulative
accumulatively
add fuel to the fireidiom
blaze
fade
go into orbitidiom
go up
growing
growingly
heighten
inflation
mushroom
ratchet something up/down
re-escalate
re-escalation
reach a crescendo
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stake
mission creep | Business English
mission creep
noun[ 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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