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Idioms and Phrases
Calculate, total, as in Please figure up just how many feet of lumber we need . [Late 1800s]Example Sentences
Today, the BLS revised that figure up to an impressive 332,000.
Counting out three ten dollar greenbacks, the boy requested the tanner to figure up the interest on the note.
As they still had several days in which they might work, it would figure up to nearly 50,000 extra feet of timber ready to market.
"I always want you—" he stopped short, drew his forward-bending figure up, and pulled hard at the oars.
She drew her limp figure up suddenly and turned her back on Harry's whispered solicitude.
The little figure up there was like a vision; her feet hardly touched the floor.
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