- 1the passing of time/the years the process of time going by
- 2(formal) the fact of something ending or of someone dying When the government is finally brought down, no one will mourn its passing. the passing of the old year (= on New Year's Eve) Many will mourn her passing (= her death, when you do not want to say this directly).
- 3the passing of something the act of making something become a law the passing of a resolution/law Idioms
done or said while you are giving your attention to something else synonym casually He only mentioned it in passing and didn't give any details.
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