bear fruit
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English [edit]
Verb [edit]
bear fruit (third-person singular simple present bears fruit, present participle bearing fruit, simple past bore fruit, past participle borne fruit)
- To succeed in some task; literally, of a tree or plant bearing fruit; figuratively in relation to any attempted task.
- After several barren years it was good to see the trees bearing fruit.
- Many people had looked but it was unusual to see these searches bearing fruit.
Translations [edit]
succeed in some task
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