skin
- noun
- /skɪn/
- Informal
- "Fine," she said, "send the car by all means; it's no skin off my nose."
- save one's skin
- one's own skin
We got away with by, by the skin of of our teeth.
- We got away with by, by the skin of of our teeth.
Examples
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You've got a thick skin and no mistake.
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He was warned that if he continued his risky behavior, he could be putting his own skin in danger.
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Now you got skin in the game.
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So they get through this by the skin of their teeth.
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I'm jumping out of my skin here.
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I don't think that you meant everything you said, but it did get under my skin and it did get into my head.
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A follow-up study confirmed that the prejudice was not about race or skin color but about national origin.
Academic text (2006) -
As one participant put it, "you have to have a thick skin" to be a varsity athlete.
Academic text (2002) -
I tried to get under their skins, explain their motives, the "roots of their errors."
Fiction book (1993) -
Beauty's only skin deep, isn't that right, Phleg?
Idioms
- Offensive
To scold or punish someone severely to show strong anger, not a real action
- Informal
To annoy someone a lot by small things another person does
Completely wet, with water going through your clothes and reaching your skin
- Informal
Cause a strong feeling of fear or disgust with a creepy physical feeling
Compounds
- Specialized
A small living part of the skin that makes it and helps protect the body
- Specialized
A piece of healthy skin taken from one body part and placed on damaged skin to help it heal
- US
A crisp shell of potato peel fried or baked and topped with melted cheese and bacon
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A medical test that puts a small amount of something on the skin to check for allergy or past infection
- Specialized
Change in the skin's tiny electrical activity when you feel stress or strong emotion
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A two-layer man-made material used to replace or cover damaged skin after burns
- Specialized
A change in the skin's electrical signal when someone feels stress or strong emotion
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A flexible man-made covering that senses touch and temperature on robot hands and replacement limbs
- Specialized
A test that checks if you have been exposed to tuberculosis bacteria by putting a small medicine under the skin
- Specialized
High-frequency electric current flows mostly near a wire's surface instead of through the whole wire
How Safe
Surface Forms
Etymology
Skin in the phrase 'save your skin' comes from the idea of the skin as your body or life (old skinn), so to save your skin is to protect your life or personal safety.