bear fruit

phrase

: to come to satisfying fruition, production, or development : to produce a desired result or reward

Their hard work will soon bear fruit.

Examples of bear fruit in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The effort, which didn’t bear fruit, has been a big drag on Netflix’s stock of late. — Dade Hayes, Deadline, 21 Oct. 2026

That means the investment being made into the roster’s youngsters needs to bear fruit at some point in the final 12 games, producing a win. — Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 18 Oct. 2026

Beauty Reimagined is already bearing fruit in EUKEM in many ways. — Jennifer Weil, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2026

However, Jim is sticking with CEO Ernie Herrman, who promised on TJX's post-earnings call that fixes were swiftly put in place and already starting to bear fruit in the current quarter. — Natasha Abellard, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1889, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for bear fruit

• acute
• aleut
• astute
• beetroot
• breadfruit
• cheroot
• commute
• compute
• confute
• dilute
• dispute
• elute