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 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 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

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

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)