fact-finding mission

fact-finding mission
   a holiday with expenses paid
   The missionaries, often politicians, tend to seek out the facts in distant and agreeable places:
    But it was hard to suppress the thought that the final touch was provided by a besuited Commons Select Committee junket (sorry: fact-finding mission) to France. (Daily Telegraph, 18 April 1995)

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  • fact-finding — ADJ: ADJ n A fact finding mission or visit is one whose purpose is to get information about a particular situation, especially for an official group. A UN fact finding mission is on its way to the region …   English dictionary

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  • Fact-finding — Der Begriff Fact Finding (englisch für Tatsachenfeststellung; Untersuchung) kommt im deutschen sowie im englischen Sprachraum häufig in einer Konnotation zu Menschenrechtsverletzungen und Konflikten vor, kann aber auch allgemein im Sinne des… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

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  • fact-finding — /ˈfækt faɪndɪŋ/ (say fakt fuynding) adjective of or relating to an inquiry, mission, etc., intended to ascertain the truth or provide detailed information …  

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