be above board

To be legitimate, honest, and/or legal. I expected that big company to try to take advantage of us, but so far all of their dealings with us have been above board. I think these documents are above board, Tom—go ahead and process them.

be above board

to be honest and legal The deal was completely above board.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Lydia	['lidiə]
Hugo	OO-go (Spanish), HYOO-go (English), HUY-kho (Dutch), HOO-go (German)	Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, English, Dutch, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Ancient Germanic (
Lorne	LAWRN	English
Masozi	-	Southern African, Tumbuka
YrjÄNÄ	UYR-ya-na	Finnish
Lolicia	-	English (Rare)