bear fruit

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bear fruit

verb bears fruit · bearing fruit · bore fruit · borne fruit

  1. idiomatic, intransitive Of an effort, endeavor, etc., to produce good results; to yield benefits; to succeed. Many people had looked but it was unusual to see these searches bearing fruit.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bear, fruit. After several barren years it was good to see the trees bearing fruit.

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verb (''idiomatic'') produce good results

Españoldar / rendir frutas / frutos (sus), dar / rendir fruto, frutar, frutear, fructificar, frutecer
日本語実を結ぶ mi o musubu
中文見效 /见效 jiànxiào, 結實 /结实 jiēshí
Françaisporter ses fruits
DeutschFrüchte tragen, fruchten, Früchte abwerfen
Ελληνικάαποδίδω καρπούς apodído karpoús, καρποφορώ karpoforó, καρπίζω karpízo, αποφέρω καρπούς apoféro karpoús
Русскийприноси́ть плоды́ prinosítʹ plodý

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@misc{bear_fruit_2026,
  title = {bear fruit},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bear%20fruit},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}