"have something to show for something" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "has something to show for something",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "having something to show for something",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "had something to show for something",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "had something to show for something",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "have<has,,had> something to show for something"
      },
      "expansion": "have something to show for something (third-person singular simple present has something to show for something, present participle having something to show for something, simple past and past participle had something to show for something)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I've been panning for gold for two years, and this tiny speck is all I have to show for it",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to have (some profit, reward, benefit, etc.) as a result of (one's work, expenditure, etc.)"
      ],
      "id": "en-have_something_to_show_for_something-en-verb-LhOiwn77",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) to have (some profit, reward, benefit, etc.) as a result of (one's work, expenditure, etc.)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "have something to show for something"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "has something to show for something",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "having something to show for something",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "had something to show for something",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "had something to show for something",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "have<has,,had> something to show for something"
      },
      "expansion": "have something to show for something (third-person singular simple present has something to show for something, present participle having something to show for something, simple past and past participle had something to show for something)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English idioms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English verbs",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I've been panning for gold for two years, and this tiny speck is all I have to show for it",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to have (some profit, reward, benefit, etc.) as a result of (one's work, expenditure, etc.)"
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) to have (some profit, reward, benefit, etc.) as a result of (one's work, expenditure, etc.)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "have something to show for something"
}