bear fruit

Speech parts

1. bear fruit - Verb

2. bear fruit - Phrase

Meaning

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.

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Synonyms

bloom burgeon succeed thrive flourish prosper ripen blossom deliver the goods maturate fructify bourgeon pay off come off burst forth
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Antonyms

date collapse default founder abort stumble
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Examples

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

Words in the phrase

bear fruit

Close letter words and terms

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