be above-board
Example Sentences
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Summary: - So, here we have someone going out of her way to be above-board and is banned on the slimmest of justifications.
From Forbes ● Jan. 10, 2012
So that it was loving-kindness towards man, as well as despair towards God, that gave him strength to resolve that between him and his grandmother all should be above-board from henceforth.
From Robert Falconer by MacDonald, George
For your sake as well as hers, everything must be above-board.
From The Native Born or, the Rajah's People by Wylie, I. A. R. (Ida Alexa Ross)
We keep company, she and I. I love her, and she is by way of loving me; but all shall be above-board, I would have her to know.
From Prince Otto, a Romance by Stevenson, Robert Louis
Your aunt told you nothing but truth; for it is always fair and honest to be above-board, d'ye see.
From The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle by Smollett, T. (Tobias)
