bear fruit

Language: en

Meaning: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically:seebear,‎fruit.After several barren years it was good to see the treesbearing fruit.; (idiomatic,of an effort, endeavour, etc.)To produce good results; to yield benefits; to succeed.Many people had looked but it was unusual to see these searchesbearing fruit.1946November and December, “Notes and News: Additional London-Dartford Services”, inRailway Magazine, page386:Although the trains are still far from becoming overcrowded, it is understood that the efforts to make the services more widely known haveborne fruit.2018July 7, Phil McNulty, “Sweden 0-2 England”, inBBC Sport‎[1]:Maguire, outstanding once more, broke the deadlock on the half-hour when another England set-piecebore fruit- Leicester City's powerful defender flashing a header past Sweden keeper Robin Olsen from Ashley Young's corner.

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