From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishbear fruitbear fruita) SUCCEED IN DOING somethingif a plan, decision etc bears fruit, it is successful, especially after a long period of time Charles’s diplomacy eventually bore fruit. b) HBPTAif a tree bears fruit, it produces fruit → bear
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bear fruit• The boys remained optimistic that their musical career might bear fruit.• Some investment does not bear fruit.• The first is that the policies have largely been implemented as intended and that they are bearing fruit.• Then he continued to the town with the apple tree and told the townsman how to make the tree bear fruit again.• However, these plants will not bear fruit as a rule.• It bears fruit continuously throughout the growing season.• The campaign for debt relief will not bear fruit for another two or three years.• The project may not begin to bear fruit for at least two years.• The years of work and attention were bearing fruit now, and suddenly this stroke of luck with Betty.• Never would she let the earth bear fruit until she had seen her daughter.• Networking A development which seems likely to bear fruit was the creation of a working party from within the panel. 