bear+fruit
11bear fruit — 1. to produce a result that is wanted or desired. Some of the changes in the election laws are already bearing fruit. 2. to produce successful results. Opening a new store in San Francisco has already borne fruit for the company. Etymology: based …
12bear fruit — verb 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 …
13bear fruit — yield fruit, produce fruit …
14bear fruit — have good results. → fruit …
15bear fruit — we re always amazed when one of her crazy ideas actually bears fruit Syn: yield results, get results, succeed, meet with success, be successful, be effective, be profitable, work, go as planned; informal pay off, come off, pan out, do the trick …
16bear fruit — phrasal to come to satisfying fruition, production, or development …
17bear fruit — to produce a result …
18bear fruit — Syn: yield results, succeed, be effective, be profitable, work; informal pay off, do the trick …
19bear — Ⅰ. bear [1] ► VERB (past bore; past part. borne) 1) carry. 2) have as a quality or visible mark. 3) support (a weight). 4) (bear oneself) behave in a specified manner: she bore herself w …
20fruit — [fro͞ot] n. pl. fruit or fruits [ME < OFr < L fructus, enjoyment, means of enjoyment, fruit, produce, profit < pp. of frui, to partake of, enjoy < IE base * bhrūg , fruit, to enjoy > BROOK2] 1. any plant product, as grain, flax,… …
