minor in

minor in (something)

To complete a college or university degree with a particular subject as an official secondary focus. Originally I thought I would major in English literature, but I ended up minoring in it. Samantha majored in economics and minored in history.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

minor in something

to study a secondary subject in college. (Compare this with major in something.) I minored in math in college. I decided to minor in history.
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

minor in

v.
To complete a long-term course of study in some subject that is one's secondary focus: My main course of study is biology, and I'm minoring in philosophy.
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • minor in (something)
  • an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth
  • an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth
  • start (life) as (something)
  • start as
  • the noose is hanging
  • a doddle
  • at this juncture/moment/point in time
  • fruit of the poisonous tree
  • a place in the sun
References in periodicals archive
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The average unaccompanied minor in the United States is fifteen years old, but some have been as young as eighteen months old.
The youth was charged with criminal trespassing, criminal mischief, theft, violating curfew and being a minor in possession of alcohol, said Oakridge police officer Sjon Clemons.