1. bear fruit - Verb
2. bear fruit - Phrase
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bear, fruit.
After several barren years it was good to see the trees bearing fruit.
(idiomatic) To succeed in some task; to achieve benefit from a task or project.
Many people had looked but it was unusual to see these searches bearing fruit.
But the vine also needs branches: it is a reciprocal need to bear fruit.” Source: Internet
According to SFGATE Home Guide, most orange trees bear fruit five years after planting. Source: Internet
However, before the seeds planted could bear fruit, the coronavirus outbreak has semi paralysed major industries. Source: Internet
If Konoe's negotiations did not bear fruit by mid-October, Japan would commence hostilities against the United States, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom. Source: Internet
In fact, his assumption of the office of Censor may have been motivated by a desire to see his academic labors bear fruit. Source: Internet
Lee's fivefold strategy had begun to bear fruit by the mid-1990s. Source: Internet