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bear fruit
Yield results, have a favorable outcome, as in This new idea of his is bound to bear fruit. This metaphoric term, first recorded in 1879, transfers the production of fruit by a tree or plant to other kinds of useful yield.
Example Sentences
They have come to understand that a full-frontal counterattack is likely to bear fruit.
After all, not every musician writes a song that continues to bear fruit and thrive so many years later.
Many firms have said they are moving cautiously for now, citing rapid changes in policy and hope that Trump's promises of trade deals will bear fruit.
And new First Amendment attacks on the constitutionality of disclosure could soon bear fruit at an increasingly deregulatory SCOTUS.
Almost everyone in tennis agrees the season should be shorter, and this was at the centre of last year's discussions - which are yet to bear fruit - about the formation of a Premium Tour.
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