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 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 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)

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.