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Idioms and Phrases

Yield results, have a favorable outcome, as in This new idea of his is bound to bear fruit . This metaphoric term, first recorded in 1879, transfers the production of fruit by a tree or plant to other kinds of useful yield.
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And new First Amendment attacks on the constitutionality of disclosure could soon bear fruit at an increasingly deregulatory SCOTUS.

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Almost everyone in tennis agrees the season should be shorter, and this was at the centre of last year's discussions - which are yet to bear fruit - about the formation of a Premium Tour.

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Those talks have yet to bear fruit, but McKibbin may be gambling that a resolution could be reached soon which would extend his playing options beyond the breakaway tour.

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“We don’t need to see our investment returns on year one. We just need to see that over time the investment will bear fruit and be a good investment.”

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"The decisions we made around signing young players are the right decisions for this club for where we are at right now, and they will bear fruit."

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

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