take effect

VERB
  1. go into effect or become effective or operative
    The new law will take effect next month
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How To Use take effect In A Sentence

  • You may need to reboot the PC for this setting to take effect. Times, Sunday Times
  • Wait for governments to take effective action on global warming and you could fry or drown first.
  • A small piece, such as in that day was employed for the defence of castles, called a falconet, was elevated above the canoes, so that the shot, passing over the heads of their inmates, might take effect upon the woods along the shore. The Wigwam and the Cabin. By the Author of "The Yemassee," "Guy Rivers," &c. Second Series
  • : Removed the old system of division into the Odelsting and Lagting (will take effect after the 2009 general election). Elections - fresh news by plazoo.com
  • Basically, when you put salt into a bucket of water and add a piece of meat ... chicken for example, a scientific process called osmosis begins to take effect. Corn Nation
  • A mandate probably would not take effect until later, said David Moulton, chief of staff for Rep.
  • The growth of China's massive economy is beginning to slow as stimulus funds peter out and aggressive monetary tightening measures take effect.
  • Commissioners had to forward the certification to the recorder of deeds before the change could take effect.
  • If anaesthetic jelly is used, it will be squeezed into the urethra using a syringe without a needle, and will take effect in five to ten minutes.
  • Although the change would not take effect until 2013, the unions threatened industrial action.
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