bear fruit

But whatever Eliza’s husbandry, and however many trees survived, they took several years to bear fruit, and the first crop might have amounted to a massive 16 oranges.

Some of her initial efforts have begun to bear fruit.

"Please pray that this journey may bear fruit."

Mr Tinubu has urged frustrated Nigerians to be patient, insisting his policies would bear fruit.

Before this so-called “day of rage”, the government appealed to Nigerians not to take to the streets and give the president time for policies to bear fruit.