Idiom
jump in one's skin
Meaning
To start with fright.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“I jumped in my skin when the door slammed shut.”
“The sudden noise in the quiet hallway made me jump in my skin.”
“Startled by the unexpected clap of thunder, she jumped in her skin and dropped the fragile glass vase she was holding.”
Examples
simple
“I jumped in my skin when the door slammed shut.”
contextual
“The sudden noise in the quiet hallway made me jump in my skin.”
complex
“Startled by the unexpected clap of thunder, she jumped in her skin and dropped the fragile glass vase she was holding.”
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