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bear fruit

To succeed in some task; literally, of a tree or plant bearing fruit; figuratively in relation to any attempted task.
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After several barren years it was good to see the trees bearing fruit.

Many people had looked but it was unusual to see these searches bearing fruit.

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Submitted on June 11, 2014

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