Definition
To produce good results; to yield benefits; to succeed.
In Context
- "Many people had looked but it was unusual to see these searches bearing fruit."
- "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."
- "Maguire, outstanding once more, broke the deadlock on the half-hour when another England set-piece bore fruit - Leicester City's powerful defender flashing a header past Sweden keeper Robin Olsen from Ashley Young's corner."