Meaning & use
reap
To gather a crop, or to receive the results, good or bad, of earlier actions.
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Farmers reap the wheat in late summer once the grain has fully ripened.
Years of steady saving allowed them to reap the benefits during retirement.
A note on using this word
Reap is often paired with "what you sow," meaning the results you get match the effort or actions you put in.
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