Evelyn Nguyen
2020-12-17 12:12
Above board adjective slang adverb
The grading criteria should be above board.
Everything about the election must be in the public domain, open and above board.
Our teammates are different from the others' because what we have done has all been above board.
The government ensured that the results of the investigation will be above board.
Used to say that what you're saying is true, or that you'll do what you promise .
1. To open something in a quick or forceful way
2. To allow something to be accessible to a wide range of people
To say that someone earns money in an honorable and legitimate way, typically through one's hard work.
A guy of integrity, respect, and adherence to the law.
This phrase is used as an adjective and adverb.
This idiom first appeared in the late 16th century. People have suggested many plausible origins for it. One of it originated from the world of gambling, particularly in card games. Players keep their cards above the level of the playing table to avoid any suspicion of cheating.
This adverb is first recorded in The terrors of the night or, A discourse of apparitions (1594), by the English pamphleteer Thomas Nashe.
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