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[uh-buhv-bawrd, -bohrd]

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adverb, adjective

in open sight; without tricks, concealment, or disguise: Their actions are open and aboveboard.

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Origin:
1610–20; above + board; so called from the requirement of keeping the hands above the table or board in order to discourage possible cheating at cards

Synonyms
honest, straightforward.

Antonyms
devious, underhanded, sneaky.

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an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.

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—*adj, —adv*
	in the open; without dishonesty, concealment, or fraud

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