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

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 New Arabian Nights 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

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