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reap verb [ riːp ]

• cut or gather (a crop or harvest).
• "many men were employed to reap the harvest"
Origin: Old English ripan, reopan, of unknown origin.

reap the fruits of

• suffer the results or consequences of.
"the business community has begun to reap the fruits of these reforms"

you reap what you sow

• you eventually have to face up to the consequences of your actions.



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