mission accomplished
Objective successfully achieved
Mission accomplished declares that a goal has been achieved or a task completed.
The phrase carries ironic baggage from a 2003 banner behind President George W.
Bush aboard an aircraft carrier, displayed weeks into what became a years-long Iraq war.
Now often used sarcastically when success is premature, pyrrhic, or illusory: Well, mission accomplished—I burned the toast again.
- flight suitAviator's protective clothing
- Iraq War2003 US-led invasion
- satisfactionState of fulfilled desires
- declarationFormal public announcement
- completionAct of finishing
George Bush · victory · slogan · fulfillment · pride · triumph · implementation · announcement · aircraft carrier · closure · proclamation · mastery · end zone dance · confidence · banner · premature · attainment · relief
- Political Quotesall men are created equal, Gettysburg Address, Declaration of Independence, Emancipation Proclamation, nothing to fear
- finishingcompleting, finalizing, finishing, done, concluded
- exclamationsoh, yes, no, wow, hey
- success storiesrags to riches, success story, underdog story, comeback story, zero to hero
- Victory Cheersvictory, triumph, win, winner, winning
- finisheddone, completed, finished, complete, ended
mission accomplishedfailure
Lack of success
epic fail · defeat · fiasco · debacle · unsuccessful
mission accomplishedunfinished business
Incomplete matters requiring attention
work in progress · back to the drawing board · ongoing · abandoned · half-done
mission accomplishedquagmire
Soft, wet ground
famous last words · mea culpa · wishful thinking · hollow victory · false dawn
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