jump in (one's) skin

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To start or recoil, as from shock, surprise, or fear. I positively jumped in my skin when I heard the door bang open in the middle of the night.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Hulda (1)	HUWL-dah (German)	Icelandic, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German, Norse Mythology
Balthasar	[bɔ:l'θəzɑ:]
Theresa	tə-REE-sə (English), tə-RAY-zə (English), te-RE-zah (German)	English, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Matic	-	Slovene
Adie	['eidi]
Gethsemane	geth-SEM-ə-nee (English)	Biblical