"on the up-and-up" meaning in All languages combined

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          "text": "Before paying any money, make sure the organization is on the up-and-up.",
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          "ref": "1934, John O'Hara, Appointment in Samarra, published 2013, →ISBN, page 165:",
          "text": "You double-cross me, you son of a bitch. I bet English gave you a sawbuck so he could take her out and give her a jump, and you sit back there collecting fifty bucks from me becuss^([sic]) I'm sap enough to think you're on the up-and-up with me.",
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          "text": "“Which you also have to order from his Web site, I'm betting. Are you sure this doctor is on the up-and-up?” “He wrote a book, Abs. Of course he's on the up-and-up.”",
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        "(informal) Legitimate; honest; upright."
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          "word": "on the up and up"
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          "text": "You double-cross me, you son of a bitch. I bet English gave you a sawbuck so he could take her out and give her a jump, and you sit back there collecting fifty bucks from me becuss^([sic]) I'm sap enough to think you're on the up-and-up with me.",
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        "(informal) Legitimate; honest; upright."
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