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
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)
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
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
I saw the play was to be above-board.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 87, March, 1875 by Various
