Idiom
sow the seeds of
Meaning
To carry out a certain action which will eventually bring about a particular result.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“Your hard work today sows the seeds of future success.”
“By teaching the children to love reading, the teacher sowed the seeds of a lifelong passion for learning.”
“The government's decision to ignore the economic crisis sowed the seeds of the widespread social unrest that followed years later.”
Examples
simple
“Your hard work today sows the seeds of future success.”
contextual
“By teaching the children to love reading, the teacher sowed the seeds of a lifelong passion for learning.”
complex
“The government's decision to ignore the economic crisis sowed the seeds of the widespread social unrest that followed years later.”
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