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Idiom be on the level old-fashioned to be honest or true.The offer seems too good to be true. Are you quite sure the man's on the level?
idiombe on the levelto be honest, legal, or true:She seemed to be on the level, but maybe she was just a good actress. I didn't know her well enough to decide.This questionnaire you want me to fill out is on the level, isn't it?
be on the levelTo be honest, trustworthy, and genuine. My daughter's fiance is a very respectable fellow, and his actions are always on the level. on the level, to beHonest, straightforward, and sincere. An American colloquialism originating in the late nineteenth century, this term may have come from Freemasonry, in which the carpenter’s level symbolizes integrity. Ngaio Marsh used it in a 1936 novel (Death in Ecstasy), “He’s on the level all right.” |