Meaning of skip a beat | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To miss a beat.
   literally
2. To experience a strong emotion.
   broadly
3. To momentarily falter.
   broadly, idiomatic

Equivalents

Examples

“My heart seemed to skip⟳ a beat⟳ when I parked my car at the old Safeway supermarket. My eyes gaped at the same aisles I had strolled through as a child.”

“Her heart seemed to skip⟳ a beat⟳. "Halte!" the soldier ordered in a stern voice.”

“What set⟳ it apart and caused my heart to skip⟳ a beat⟳ were the words printed where the artist's signature usually goes, […]”

“THE MEGHA HAD BEEN on the water for some three hours when Piya heard the engine skip⟳ a beat⟳.”

“Indeed, he did not skip⟳ a beat⟳, stayed right with his training regimen, and flew out to Seattle on August 8.”

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