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jumps in one's skin

jumps in one's skin is the third-person singular simple present indicative of jump in one's skin.

Meaning of jump in one's skin

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

Questions about jumps in one's skin

What is jumps in one's skin the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Jumps in one's skin is the third-person singular simple present indicative of jump in one's skin.

Words near jumps in one's skin in the dictionary

  1. jumps claims
  2. jumps down
  3. jumps down someone's throat
  4. jumps for joy
  5. jumps in
  6. jumps in one's skin
  7. jumps in with both feet
  8. jumps into action
  9. jumps off
  10. jumps on
  11. jumps on someone's bones

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