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
Corneille	kor-NAY	French (Archaic)
Alv	-	Norwegian
El	-	Near Eastern Mythology
Fevzİ	-	Turkish
Souta	so:-tah	Japanese
Yasmin	YAZ-min (English)	Persian, Arabic, English (Modern)