figure away

verb

To make an impression; to show off.

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flauntostentatevenditateaura farmboulevardiercut a wide swathcut it fatcut round
First used 18th–19th c.
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Meanings

verbfigure away (third-person singular simple present figures away, present participle figuring away, simple past and past participle figured away)

present singular third person figures away · participle present figuring away · participle past figured away · past figured away

  1. obsoleteTo make an impression; to show off.First known use 18th–19th c.

    [S]he still expected to recover, and figure away in the gay world.

    1788, Mary Wollstonecraft, Mary: A Fiction
    1 more example

    Dr. King […] came in, & figured away to his own satisfaction before Mr. Garrick.

    1771, Frances Burney, Journals

    Synonyms: flaunt, ostentate, venditate, aura farm, boulevardier, cut a wide swath, cut it fat, cut round

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo make an impression; to show off.

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flauntostentatevenditateaura farmboulevardiercut a wide swathcut it fatcut roundexhibitionizeflamboastflauntflexflossfluff one's feathersgalleryhigh-sidelet one's nuts hangostentostentate
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Chicago

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