be above-board

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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

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

We are all going post to what they call eternity, and may as well be above-board while there’s time.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 4 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis

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

They didn't dare to be above-board about it on account of Uncle James.

From Tangled Trails A Western Detective Story by Raine, William MacLeod