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===Pronunciation===
* {{audio|en|en-au-bear fruit.ogg|Audio (a=AU)|lang=en}}
 
===Verb===
{{en-verb|bears fruit|bearing fruit|bear<,,bore fruit|,borne> fruit}}
 
# {{&lit|en|bear|fruit|lang=en}}
#: {{lbux|en|idiom}}After Toseveral succeedbarren inyears someit task;was good to achievesee benefitthe fromtrees a'''bearing task or projectfruit'''.}}
# {{lb|en|idiom|of an effort, endeavour, etc.}} To produce good results; to yield benefits; to succeed.
#: ''After several barren years it was good to see the trees '''bearing fruit'''.''
#: ''{{ux|en|Many people had looked but it was unusual to see these searches '''bearing fruit'''.''}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|year=1946|month=November and December|title=Notes and News: Additional London-Dartford Services|journal=Railway Magazine|page=386|text=Although the trains are still far from becoming overcrowded, it is understood that the efforts to make the services more widely known have '''borne fruit'''.}}
#* {{quote-journal|en
|lang=en
|date=7 July 2018
|author=Phil McNulty
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====Translations====
{{trans-top|succeed(''idiomatic'') inproduce somegood taskresults}}
* Bulgarian: {{t|bg|хващам дикиш|impf}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|見效|sc=Hani}}, {{t+|cmn|见效|tr=jiànxiào|sc=Hani}}, {{t+|cmn|結實|sc=Hani}}, {{t+|cmn|结实|tr=jiēshí|sc=Hani}}
* Dutch: {{t|nl|zijn vruchten afwerpen}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|tuottaa tulosta}}
* French: {{t+|fr|porter ses fruits}}
* German: {{t+|de|Früchte tragen}}, {{t+|de|fruchten}}, {{t|de|Früchte abwerfen}}
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* Greek: {{t|el|αποδίδω καρπούς}}, {{t+|el|καρποφορώ}}, {{t+|el|καρπίζω}}, {{t|el|[[αποφέρω]] [[καρπός|καρπούς]]}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|実を結ぶ|tr=mi o musubu}}
* Russian: {{t|ru|приноси́ть плоды́}}
* Spanish: {{t|es|dar sus frutas}}, {{t+|es|frutar}}, {{t+|es|frutear}}, {{t+|es|fructificar}}, {{t+|es|frutecer}}
* Tibetan: {{t|bo|འབྲས་བུ་སྐྱེ}}
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[[Category:English {{cln|en|predicates]]}}