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porter ses fruits

  • \pɔʁ.te se fʁɥi\

verb porter fruit

  1. figuratively Avoir des effets. Les randonnées du dimanche portaient leurs fruits : il parvenait à maintenir une vitesse régulière dans la montée sans que son cœur ne s'emballât.

In English

  • pay off to become worthwhile; to produce a net benefit
  • bear fruit (''idiomatic'') produce good results

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@misc{porter_ses_fruits_2026,
  title = {porter ses fruits},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/fr/porter%20ses%20fruits},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}