Idiom
it figures
Meaning
Used to indicate that a preceding event or statement by another is an unsurprising accompaniment of known facts and circumstances.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The store is closed today, so it figures.”
“My car broke down right before the big trip, which just figures.”
“Given his history of missing deadlines, it figures that he failed to submit the final report on time.”
Examples
simple
“The store is closed today, so it figures.”
contextual
“My car broke down right before the big trip, which just figures.”
complex
“Given his history of missing deadlines, it figures that he failed to submit the final report on time.”
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