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
He declar'd that he would make no difference or distinction in the Price of his Wines, but would be above-board with all Mankind.
From The Tricks of the Town: or, Ways and Means of getting Money by John Thomson
For your sake as well as hers, everything must be above-board.
From The Native Born or, the Rajah's People by I. A. R. (Ida Alexa Ross) Wylie
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 Robert Louis Stevenson
We are all going post to what they call eternity, and may as well be above-board while there's time.
From New Arabian Nights by Robert Louis Stevenson