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 Thomson, John, fl. 1732

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 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