英和和英

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US origin, 19th c.^[1] This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

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on the up-and-up

1. (informal) Legitimate; honest; upright.

   Synonyms: above board, bona fide

   Before paying any money, make sure the organization is on the up-and-up.

   • 1934, John O'Hara, Appointment in Samarra, published 2013, →ISBN, page 165:

     You double-cross me, you son of a bitch. I bet English gave you a sawbuck so he could take her out and give her a jump, and you sit back there collecting fifty bucks from me becuss^[sic] I'm sap enough to think you're on the up-and-up with me.

   • 2013, Kate Collins, Seed No Evil, Penguin, →ISBN:

     “Which you also have to order from his Web site, I'm betting. Are you sure this doctor is on the up-and-up?” “He wrote a book, Abs. Of course he's on the up-and-up.”

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