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mission creep

noun

Definitions

  1. Gradual unplanned expansion of the objectives, scope, and/or cost of a project,…

    Gradual unplanned expansion of the objectives, scope, and/or cost of a project, especially a military mission.

    • General John Shalikashvili . . . said it was important to set a target date of one year and then bring the troops home, because "in the absence of that, you find yourself staying there, and that's how very often mission creep comes in."
    • The risks of mission creep and a deepening quagmire leading to nation-building would arise only if ownership of the uprising was appropriated from the Libyans by the West, as would happen with ground troops.

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