figure away

verb

figure away

verb

1

Obsolete To make an impression; to show off.

Dr. King […] came in, & figured away to his own satisfaction before Mr. Garrick.1771, Frances Burney, Journals:
[S]he still expected to recover, and figure away in the gay world.1788, Mary Wollstonecraft, Mary: A Fiction:

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