The Collaborative International Dictionary
Figure \Fig"ure\, v. i.
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To make a figure; to be distinguished or conspicious; as, the envoy figured at court.
Sociable, hospitable, eloquent, admired, figuring away brilliantly.
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To calculate; to contrive; to scheme; as, he is figuring to secure the nomination. [Colloq.]
go figure a phrase used by itself as an interjection to mean ``How can one explain that?'', or to express puzzlement over some seeming contradiction. [Colloq.]
Wiktionary
phr. (context idiomatic English) Expresses perplexity, puzzlement, or surprise (as if telling somebody to try to make sense of the situation).
Wikipedia
Go Figure is a 1991 album by Spirit of the West. It was the band's first rock album, and their first with drummer Vince Ditrich.
The album garnered the band new airplay on rock music radio stations, although it was controversial among the band's traditional folk music fan base. The album includes a rock rendition of " Political", one of the band's best known songs. During the concert tour to support this album, fans in one city actually presented the band with a petition requesting that they play the old version of that song.
Despite earning a gold record, the album was only a modest success on the charts, however, peaking at #45 on RPM's Top 100 albums chart.
A recurring theme throughout the album is disaffection with the government of then- Prime Minister Brian Mulroney. "D for Democracy", "Pulling Lame" and "Far Too Canadian" are all anti-Mulroney songs, reflecting the widespread popular opposition to Mulroney among the Canadian public which led to the 1992 defeat of the Charlottetown Accord and the Progressive Conservative decimation in the Canadian federal election, 1993. However, "D for Democracy" is not about Mulroney alone, as the song also touches on other contemporaneous stories of political malfeasance, such as the drug controversy surrounding Washington, DC mayor Marion Barry.
Go Figure is 2005 Disney Channel Original Movie. Walt Disney Records released the Go Figure soundtrack on June 7, featuring the title track by Everlife along with a music video.
Go Figure may refer to:
- Go Figure (album), an album by Spirit of the West
- Go Figure! (game), a math game in Microsoft's Windows Entertainment Pack
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Go Figure (film), a 2005 television movie
- Go Figure (soundtrack), the soundtrack to the film
Usage examples of "go figure".
The leggy frail in blue and a box hat made frantic, pawing movements with bare toes - go figure on a rainy day bare toes both they and the stacked heels were blue.