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mention/note something in passing | meaning of mention/note something in passing in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English | LDOCE

if you say something in passing, you mention it while you are mainly talking about something else.

• He did mention his brother’s wife, but only in passing.

• He noted, in passing, that he had lasted longer than Texas Sen.

• Like many more, presumably, we mention Ribblehead in passing.

• In Exodus the quails were mentioned only in passing.