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it figures

it figures phrase: used to indicate that a preceding event or statement by another is an unsurprising accompaniment of known facts and circumstances.

Phrase

it figures

  1. (Canada, US, idiomatic) Used to indicate that a preceding event or statement by another is an unsurprising accompaniment of known facts and circumstances.

Forms of it figures

alternative formfigures
alternative formthat figures

Questions about it figures

What does it figures mean?
It figures means used to indicate that a preceding event or statement by another is an unsurprising accompaniment of known facts and circumstances.
What part of speech is it figures?
It figures is a phrase.

Words near it figures in the dictionary

  1. IT cells
  2. it depends
  3. it does not matter
  4. it doesn't matter
  5. it doesn't matter what they say about you as long as they spell your name right
  6. it figures
  7. it girl
  8. it girls
  9. it goes without saying
  10. it happens
  11. it happens to the best of us

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