Meaning & use
go figure
Used to express ironic surprise or mild disbelief about something that turned out to be unexpectedly obvious or strange.
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He forgot his umbrella again, and of course it rained. Go figure.
The one day I left early, the meeting ran late. Go figure.
A note on using this word
Go figure is informal and typically stands alone as a short, sarcastic comment at the end of an anecdote rather than as part of a longer sentence.
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