fruition

"And there was understandably a lot of titters, laughter and giggles - but it's starting to feel like a tangible thing that could actually come to fruition."

"We cannot continue to dedicate time and resources to this effort if it's not going to come to fruition."

But no such deal has come to fruition since Labour won the general election last year.

Yet decades of expending money and energy hasn’t brought them to fruition, he said.

“It was a thought that became a dream that came to fruition,” the theater’s artistic director told The Times last week.