it figures

Idioms

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

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It’s a perfect storm of low supply and high demand—and it figures to earn Willis a fabulous payday.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 3, 2026

"Your argument says 'we get to keep on doing it until everyone who is potentially harmed by it figures out how to file a lawsuit, hire a lawyer, etc,'" Jackson said.

From BBC • Jun. 27, 2025

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.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 21, 2025

Of the fact that it is still normal for Alanis to be criticized in this way, all I can say is, it figures.

From Salon • Nov. 29, 2024

“If we eat what they eat, it figures that we’d be dead too.”

From "Dead End in Norvelt" by Jack Gantos

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