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The moment a plan stops being a nice idea and starts being real.

means The point at which something planned or worked toward is actually achieved or realized.

from From Latin fruitio, 'enjoyment,' from frui, 'to enjoy or make use of' — the same root that gives us 'fruit' and 'frugal.' Oddly, the word originally had nothing to do with 'coming to fruition' as we use it now; it meant simple enjoyment or pleasurable possession of something. Only later, by association with 'fruit' (as in bearing fruit, the result of growth), did 'fruition' drift toward meaning the fulfillment or realization of a plan — the moment the harvest comes in.

root
comes from fruit, as in bearing it
common error
people say come to fruition twice, redundantly
not
not the plan itself, the payoff of it
timing
always feels later than you promised anyone
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