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on the level

prep_phrase

Etymology

See the Citations page for examples showing the sense evolution.

Definitions

  1. Honest(ly), sincere(ly), straightforward(ly), fair(ly).

    • He looks like a used car salesman, but he's really on the level, so you can trust him.
    • While I believe that the American people and the players want the game to be on the level, there are two or three things which, it strikes me, are not up to a high standard of honor.
    • "On the level, honey, I have an all-time, big-time need for coffee."

  2. Synonym of on the square (“discreet reference to freemasonry”).

The neighborhood

  • antonymaskewantonym(s) of “honest, sincere, straightforward”
  • antonymcrookedantonym(s) of “honest, sincere, straightforward”

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for on the level. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA