From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishthat figures/(it) figuresthat figures/(it) figuresspoken especially American English a) EXPECTused to say that something that happens is expected or typical, especially something bad ‘It rained the whole weekend.’ ‘Oh, that figures.’ b) LOGICALused to say that something is reasonable or makes sense It figures that she’d be mad at you, after what you did. → figure
