bear fruit

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Synonyms of bear fruitnext
: to come to satisfying fruition, production, or development : to produce a desired result or reward
Their hard work will soon bear fruit.

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The Irish have also started recruiting at a championship level, and that should start to bear fruit as early as this season, as Freeman's efforts on the trail have considerably raised both the floor and ceiling of talent on this roster. — Austin Perry Outkick, FOXNews.com, 28 July 2026 Pollination may be one of the challenges of getting indoor plants to bear fruit, but the self-fertile acerola cherry (Malpighia emarginata) does the work for you. — Blythe Copeland, Martha Stewart, 25 July 2026 The real-estate people who stand to profit from conversion projects claim (unsurprisingly) that adding union-friendly requirements would make their math impossible, effectively killing a program that is already bearing fruit. — Andrew Rice, Curbed, 23 July 2026 Cucumbers can continue to bear fruit through your area’s first frost in autumn. — Alexandra Jones, The Spruce, 20 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for bear fruit

Word History

First Known Use

1889, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of bear fruit was in 1889

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