English-Swedish translations for in passing

• i förbifarten
  Det är en nyansskillnad jag noterar i förbifarten.This is a small difference that I note in passing.
  Jag vill i förbifarten också korrigera vissa missförstånd.In passing, I should also like to correct certain misapprehensions.
  Chris Patten sade i förbifarten att Förenta staterna redan har fått den information de ville ha.Mr Patten has said in passing that the United States already received the information it wanted.

Definition of in passing

• Incidentally; as a brief diversion from another topic etc

Examples

• We mostly talked about his mothers illness, but he told me in passing that hed won a small prize in the lottery.

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