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it figures
Idioms and Phrases
Also, that figures . It's (or that's) reasonable; it makes sense. For example, Hanging it upside down sounds like a weird idea, but it figures , or It figures that they won't be coming this year , or So she's complaining again; that figures . This idiom alludes to reckoning up numbers. [ Colloquial ; mid-1900s]Example Sentences
And it figures to get an additional boost next year when the World Cup is played in the U.S. for just the second time.
It figures that she also doesn’t remember much about her record-breaking victory against Long Beach State.
Of the fact that it is still normal for Alanis to be criticized in this way, all I can say is, it figures.
It figures to do well with fraudulent awards shows like the Golden Globes and Critics Choice Awards, meaning, at least in the case of the Globes, it’ll get some good airtime.
So it figures that the Secret Service reportedly found an AK-47 and a scope at the scene.
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