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jump in one's skin

jump in one's skin verb: to start with fright.

Verb

jump in one's skin (third-person singular simple present jumps in one's skin, present participle jumping in one's skin, simple past and past participle jumped in one's skin)

  1. (idiomatic) To start with fright.
    • The neighborhood, to our ears, seemed haunted by approaching footsteps; and what between the dead body of the captain on the parlor floor, and the thought of that detestable blind beggar hovering near at hand, and ready to return, there were moments when, as the saying goes, I jumped in my skin for...1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, chapter 4, in Treasure Island, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, →OCLC

Forms of jump in one's skin

third-person singular presentjumps in one's skin
present participlejumping in one's skin
past participlejumped in one's skin
pastjumped in one's skin

Questions about jump in one's skin

What does jump in one's skin mean?
Jump in one's skin means to start with fright.
What part of speech is jump in one's skin?
Jump in one's skin is a verb.
What is the past tense of jump in one's skin?
The past tense of jump in one's skin is jumped in one's skin.

Words near jump in one's skin in the dictionary

  1. jump hump
  2. jump humped
  3. jump humping
  4. jump humps
  5. jump in
  6. jump in one's skin
  7. jump in with both feet
  8. jump into action
  9. jump jet
  10. jump jets
  11. jump jockey

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