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View synonyms for on the level

on the level

  1. Honest, without deception: “We doubted that the offer could be genuine, but it turned out to be on the level.”


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Idioms and Phrases

Honest, straightforward, sincere, as in You can believe her—she's on the level . This expression may have come from Freemasonry, where the carpenter's level symbolizes integrity. [Late 1800s]
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Example Sentences

A really true, on-the-level, honest-to-jiminy jinx can do all sorts of mean things to a professional ball-player.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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