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

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

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 The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 7 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis

In purchasing secondhand from young ladies like yourself it is essential that everything should be above-board and quite correct.”

From The School Queens by Meade, L. T.

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