: an honest or respectable course
used in the phrase on the up-and-up

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Why does Israel need to be told to allow food to starving people if this war is being fought on the up-and-up? Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1863, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of up-and-up was in 1863

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“Up-and-up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/up-and-up. Accessed 15 Dec. 2024.

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