take effect

1. 1.

   go into effect or become effective or operative

   “The new law will take effect next month”

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Questions about take effect

What does take effect mean?

take effect means "go into effect or become effective or operative".

Is take effect a common word?

take effect is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.