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 real-estate people who stand to profit from conversion projects claim (unsurprisingly) that adding union-friendly requirements would make their math impossible, effectively killing a program that is already bearing fruit. — Andrew Rice, Curbed, 23 July 2026

Cucumbers can continue to bear fruit through your area’s first frost in autumn. — Alexandra Jones, The Spruce, 20 July 2026

The moves threw Ukraine’s military leadership into an unwelcome crisis at a time when its actions against Russia are starting to bear fruit and as Moscow has unleashed unrelenting aerial attacks. — Samya Kullab, Los Angeles Times, 16 July 2026

Some of you could begin work on many projects behind the scenes that will bear fruit in 2027 and beyond. — Kyle Thomas, PEOPLE, 12 July 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