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
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
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
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
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
