Meaning of på falderebet | Babel Free

Definitions

at the last minute (e.g. before a lecture ends or before someone leaves a company)

Examples

“Det var lykkedes hende at sprede lidt tungsind her på falderebet.”

“Så docerede Giddens, hvad Den Tredje Vej gik ud på, uden at invitere til spørgsmål. På falderebet nåede han at give det uvurderlige råd, at vi burde læse Manuel Castells' netop afsluttede trebindsværk The Information Age.”

Then, Giddens lectured about the principles of the Third Path, without calling for questions. As a closing remark, he had time to give the inestimable advice that we should read Manuel Castells' recently finished three-volume work The Information Age.

“Reholt ordnede Møllers løsladelse, og på falderebet spurgte han, hvordan Møller ville gengælde hjælpen.”

Reholt arranged for Møller's release [from custody], and just before he left, he asked how Møller would repay the assistance.

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