Jumped out of my skin In english explanation

The meaning, explanation, definition and origin of the idiom/phrase "jumped out of my skin", English Idiom Dictionary ( also found in Vietnamese )

author Jimmy Hung calendar 2021-04-04 02:04

Meaning of Jumped out of my skin (redirected from jump out of one's skin )

Jump out of one's skin informal verb phrase

To be extremely surprised or frightened

I jumped out of my skin when lightning flickered across the sky, followed seconds later by a loud crack of thunder.

The phone rang at midnight, making me jump out of my skin.

Alex nearly jumped out of her skin when she saw a rat in her bedroom.

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Grammar and Usage of Jump out of one's skin

Verb Forms

  • jumped out of one's skin
  • jumps out of one's skin
  • be jumping out of one's skin
  • have/had jumped out of one's skin

The verb "jump" should be conjugated according to its tense.

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