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on the level
- Honest, without deception: âWe doubted that the offer could be genuine, but it turned out to be on the level.â
Idioms and Phrases
Honest, straightforward, sincere, as in You can believe herâshe's on the level . This expression may have come from Freemasonry, where the carpenter's level symbolizes integrity. [Late 1800s]Example Sentences
There is little equal in music to 22-year-old disruptors on the level of Handel and Boulez.
"All agreements on the level of President Trump are only worth a few pennies on market day" the newspaper concluded, while "Moscow is prepared to make a deal with the US president."
Leadersâ plan for now is to pass a joint blueprint with entirely different instructions for House and Senate committeesâand make the eventual hard choices, especially on the level of spending cuts to pursue, down the road.
Stephanopoulos, however, disagreed on the level of impact these cases will have on Black voters' voting power in these states â and whether their decisions will influence the outcome of the midterms.
McMahonâs hearing in Washington, D.C., took place the day after Trump commented that the department should be be shut down âimmediately,â calling it âa big con jobâ based on the level of government spending on education and the nationâs overall poor results on standardized tests when compared with other countries.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
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