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nearly jump out of skin

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nearly jump out of your skin

if you nearly jump out of your skin when something happens, it makes you feel very surprised or shocked I heard a loud bang and nearly jumped out of my skin.

See get on the bandwagon, jump in at the deep end, go through hoops

See also: jump, nearly, of, out, skin