... a reward for doing so. • When I told Evan that his secretary was unhappy about not getting a raise, he said that it figured. to fill (someone) in: to inform, to give background information ... continue as before; to conduct, to engage in; to behave in an immature manner – ; , ; ; Even in the face of disaster, the inhabitants carried on as though nothing had happened. • The business ... up to (something): to be doing something; to be planning or plotting something, scheming The first definition usually takes the form of a question. • Hi, Jake. I haven’t seen you in a long time....