reap the harvest (or fruits) of
Suffer the results or consequences of: we are now reaping the harvest of our permissive ways...- Now Africa reaps the bitter harvest of colonial and homegrown ethnic manipulation in endless civil wars and periodic outbreaks of rioting and killing.
- Vancouver's Downtown Eastside, for years a testing ground of liberal policies that allegedly stem the damage of drug abuse and the spread of AIDS, is now reaping the tragic harvest.
- Kumar is now reaping a bitter harvest from the '90s.
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