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borne fruit

phrase , past participle of bear fruit

variants: or born fruit

Synonyms and Antonyms of borne fruit

to turn out as planned or desired

They had hoped to start a successful business, but their plans did not bear fruit.

Synonyms of borne fruit

clicked, come off, delivered, gone, gone over, panned out, succeeded, worked out

Words Related to borne fruit

flourished, prospered, thrived (also thriven)

cooked, percolated

Phrases Synonymous with borne fruit

caught fire, delivered the goods, done the trick, gone like clockwork

Near Antonyms of borne fruit

floundered, struggled

declined, skidded, slipped, slumped, sunk, waned

crashed, cratered, crumbled, flamed out

choked, cracked up, miscarried, misfired

fallen down, gone under

imploded, self-destructed

Antonyms of borne fruit

bombed, collapsed, failed, flopped, flunked, folded, foundered, missed, struck out (also stricken out), washed out

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