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reap the harvest

reap the harvest verb: to receive the rewards of something to one's efforts; get out what one puts in.

Verb

reap the harvest (third-person singular simple present reaps the harvest, present participle reaping the harvest, simple past and past participle reaped the harvest)

  1. (idiomatic) To receive the rewards of something to one's efforts; get out what one puts in.

Forms of reap the harvest

third-person singular presentreaps the harvest
present participlereaping the harvest
past participlereaped the harvest
pastreaped the harvest

Questions about reap the harvest

What does reap the harvest mean?
Reap the harvest means to receive the rewards of something to one's efforts; get out what one puts in.
What part of speech is reap the harvest?
Reap the harvest is a verb.
What is the past tense of reap the harvest?
The past tense of reap the harvest is reaped the harvest.

Words near reap the harvest in the dictionary

  1. reanswers
  2. reap
  3. reap hook
  4. reap hooks
  5. reap the benefits
  6. reap the harvest
  7. reap the whirlwind
  8. reap what one sows
  9. reap'd
  10. reap-silver
  11. reap-time

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