Sentence examples for be above board from inspiring English sources

"Everybody old school was amazed at first: You can have a store and advertise and be above board.

Everything would be above board.

Everything needs to be above board.

Everything had to be above board.

The pretence is that this could all be above board.

Everything appears to be above board then (that will be the last nautical reference, I promise).

Fikile Mbalula, the South African sports minister, said on Wednesday payments related to the World Cup had been "above board", and no bribes had been paid.

South Africa denied on Wednesday it bribed Fifa officials with $10m to secure votes for its successful bid to host the 2010 World Cup, insisting the payment was "above board".

"I'm above board.

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said that calling him a "predator" was above board.

The US State Department told the Huffington Post last week, "This new development has been declared, it's above board.