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
BrÁS	-	Portuguese
Rhona	-	Scottish
Bysshe	BISH	English (Rare)
Aylmer	['eimə]
Mahomet	-	Arabic (Anglicized)
Renzo	REN-tso	Italian