bear fruit

Idioms and Phrases

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

But whatever Eliza’s husbandry, and however many trees survived, they took several years to bear fruit, and the first crop might have amounted to a massive 16 oranges.

From Los Angeles Times

Some of her initial efforts have begun to bear fruit.

From Los Angeles Times

"Please pray that this journey may bear fruit."

From BBC

Mr Tinubu has urged frustrated Nigerians to be patient, insisting his policies would bear fruit.

From BBC

Before this so-called “day of rage”, the government appealed to Nigerians not to take to the streets and give the president time for policies to bear fruit.

From BBC

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