"in passing" meaning in English

See in passing in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Prepositional phrase

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  1. Incidentally; as a brief diversion from another topic etc. Translations (incidentally): мимоходом (mimohodom) (Bulgarian), al vol (Catalan), de passada (Catalan), 順便 (Chinese Mandarin), 顺便 (shùnbiàn) (Chinese Mandarin), in het voorbijgaan (Dutch), en passant (Dutch), terloops (Dutch), ohimennen (Finnish), en passant (French), beiläufig (German), nebenbei (German), zwischen Tür und Angel (German), obiter (Latin), de passagem (Portuguese), мимохо́дом (mimoxódom) (Russian), вскользь (vskolʹzʹ) (Russian), ме́жду про́чим (méždu próčim) (Russian), de pasada (Spanish), i förbifarten (Swedish), אַגבֿ־אורחא (agev-urkhe) (Yiddish)
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          "roman": "mimohodom",
          "sense": "incidentally",
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          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "incidentally",
          "word": "al vol"
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        {
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "incidentally",
          "word": "de passada"
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "incidentally",
          "word": "順便"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "shùnbiàn",
          "sense": "incidentally",
          "word": "顺便"
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "incidentally",
          "word": "in het voorbijgaan"
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "incidentally",
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "incidentally",
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          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "incidentally",
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          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "incidentally",
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "incidentally",
          "word": "beiläufig"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "incidentally",
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        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "incidentally",
          "word": "zwischen Tür und Angel"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "incidentally",
          "word": "obiter"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "incidentally",
          "word": "de passagem"
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "mimoxódom",
          "sense": "incidentally",
          "word": "мимохо́дом"
        },
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "vskolʹzʹ",
          "sense": "incidentally",
          "word": "вскользь"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "méždu próčim",
          "sense": "incidentally",
          "word": "ме́жду про́чим"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "incidentally",
          "word": "de pasada"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "incidentally",
          "word": "i förbifarten"
        },
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          "code": "yi",
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          "roman": "agev-urkhe",
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      "sense": "incidentally",
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      "sense": "incidentally",
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      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "incidentally",
      "word": "de passada"
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      "sense": "incidentally",
      "word": "順便"
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      "sense": "incidentally",
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      "sense": "incidentally",
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      "sense": "incidentally",
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      "sense": "incidentally",
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      "sense": "incidentally",
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "incidentally",
      "word": "beiläufig"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "incidentally",
      "word": "nebenbei"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "incidentally",
      "word": "zwischen Tür und Angel"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "incidentally",
      "word": "obiter"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "incidentally",
      "word": "de passagem"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "mimoxódom",
      "sense": "incidentally",
      "word": "мимохо́дом"
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      "sense": "incidentally",
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      "sense": "incidentally",
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      "sense": "incidentally",
      "word": "de pasada"
    },
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "incidentally",
      "word": "i förbifarten"
    },
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      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "agev-urkhe",
      "sense": "incidentally",
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