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jump at one's own shadow

jump at one's own shadow verb: to be exceptionally timid.

Verb

jump at one's own shadow (third-person singular simple present jumps at one's own shadow, present participle jumping at one's own shadow, simple past and past participle jumped at one's own shadow)

  1. To be exceptionally timid.

Forms of jump at one's own shadow

third-person singular presentjumps at one's own shadow
present participlejumping at one's own shadow
past participlejumped at one's own shadow
pastjumped at one's own shadow

Questions about jump at one's own shadow

What does jump at one's own shadow mean?
Jump at one's own shadow means to be exceptionally timid.
What part of speech is jump at one's own shadow?
Jump at one's own shadow is a verb.
What is the past tense of jump at one's own shadow?
The past tense of jump at one's own shadow is jumped at one's own shadow.

Words near jump at one's own shadow in the dictionary

  1. jump and dump
  2. jump and run
  3. jump and runs
  4. jump around
  5. jump at
  6. jump at one's own shadow
  7. jump at the chance
  8. jump at the opportunity
  9. jump bail
  10. jump ball
  11. jump balls

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