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
Gwenhwyfar	-	Welsh Mythology, Arthurian Romance
Devorah	-	Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Ioudith	-	Biblical Greek
MÓIrÍN	-	Irish
Titu	-	Old Church Slavic
Able	['eibl]