idiom (verb phrase) · neutral
bear fruit
UK/beə fruːt/US/ber fruːt/BEAR·FRUIT
task2speaking
to produce successful results after some time or effort
Examples
“Their community project finally began to bear fruit after months of planning.”
“Policies aimed at improving education will only bear fruit in the long term.”
“The new strategy started to bear fruit within a year.”
Band 8 sentence
“Although the pilot programme required patience, it soon bore fruit by reducing unemployment in the region.”
Collocations
- bear fruit after
- begin to bear fruit
Word family
bear fruit verb phrasebore fruit verb (past)
Common mistakes
bear the fruits→bear fruit
have fruits→bear fruit
Say it for a higher band
5get results→6yield results→7+bear fruit
Synonyms
yield results
Easily confused
yield results
“Early tests yielded promising results.”
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