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Objective shift to skip one price tweak (7,5)

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I believe the answer is:

mission creep

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'objective shift' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I cannot tell whether it can be defined by this definition.

'skip one price tweak' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'skip' could be 'miss' (I've seen this before) and 'miss' is found in the answer.
'one' could be 'i' (Roman numeral) and 'i' is found in the answer.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).

'to' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for mission creep that I've seen before include "Objective growth" , "Expanding requirements" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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