figure away

English

Verb

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

1. (obsolete) To make an impression; to show off. [18th–19th c.]
   • 1771, Frances Burney, Journals:

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

   • 1788, Mary Wollstonecraft, Mary: A Fiction‎^[1]:

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