Our apple tree didn't bear fruit this year.
2. Fig. to yield results. •I hope your new plan bears fruit.
•We've had many good ideas, but none of them has borne fruit.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
bear fruit — {v. phr.} To yield results. * /We hope that the company s new investment policy will bear fruit./ … Dictionary of American idioms
bear fruit — Ⅰ. ► bear fruit have good results. Main Entry: ↑fruit Ⅱ. ► bear fruit yield positive results. Main Entry: ↑bear … English terms dictionary
bear fruit — If something bears fruit, it produces positive results … The small dictionary of idiomes
bear fruit — index avail (bring about), succeed (attain) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
bear fruit — 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, do the business. → bear * * * I figurative yield positive results plans… … Useful english dictionary
bear fruit — If something bears fruit, it produces positive results. (Dorking School Dictionary) *** If something bears fruit, it produces positive or successful results. After years of hard work, his research finally began to bear fruit … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
bear fruit — 1) to have a successful result Our policies must be given time to bear fruit. 2) if a tree or plant bears fruit, it produces fruit … English dictionary
bear\ fruit — v. phr. To yield results. We hope that the company s new investment policy will bear fruit … Словарь американских идиом
bear fruit — Synonyms and related words: advance, bear, bloom, blossom, blow, bring forth, bring to maturity, come to fruition, develop, evolute, evolve, flourish, flower, fructify, fruit, furnish, grow, grow up, maturate, mature, mellow, produce, progress,… … Moby Thesaurus
bear 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 … New idioms dictionary
