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reap

UK/ˈɹiːp/ US/ˈɹɪi̯p/ fairly common slang

verb

1.

gather, as of natural products

  • “harvest the grapes”
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2.

get or derive

  • “He drew great benefits from his membership in the association”
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Origin

From Middle English repen, from Old English rēopan, rēpan, variants of Old English rīpan (“to reap”), from Proto-West Germanic *rīpan, from Proto-Germanic *rīpaną (compare West Frisian repe, Norwegian ripa (“to score, scratch”)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁reyb- (“to snatch”).

Phrases

  • as you sow, so shall you reap
  • reap hook
  • reap the benefits
  • reap the harvest
  • reap the whirlwind
  • reap what one sows
  • reaping hook
  • sow the wind and reap the whirlwind

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