(informal, idiomatic) Legitimate; honest; upright.
Before paying any money, make sure the organization is on the up-and-up.
Add your own interpretation of "on the up-and-up".
UK and Irish slang — Cockney, Scouse, Geordie, Yorkshire, Glaswegian, Brummie, Welsh, West Country, plus Irish English. Centuries of regional dialects feeding into modern British and Irish street talk.
See all British & Irish slang slang on Slangora.
Browse all slang words starting with O.
No comments yet — say something.
(UK, informal, idiomatic) Becoming more successful; on the rise.
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 I'm sap enough to think you're on the up-and-up with me.
No comments yet — say something.