take+effect
1take effect — index occur (happen) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
2take effect — {v. phr.} 1. To have an unexpected or intended result; cause a change. * /It was nearly an hour before the sleeping pill took effect./ 2. To become lawfully right, or operative. * /The new tax law will not take effect until January./ …
3take effect — {v. phr.} 1. To have an unexpected or intended result; cause a change. * /It was nearly an hour before the sleeping pill took effect./ 2. To become lawfully right, or operative. * /The new tax law will not take effect until January./ …
4take effect — 1) to start to produce the results that were intended Try to relax for a couple of hours until the pills take effect. Measures to reduce costs are beginning to take effect. 2) if a new rule or law takes effect, it starts to be used The new… …
5take effect — 1) these measures will take effect in May Syn: come into force, come into operation, become operative, begin, become valid, become law, apply, be applied 2) the drug started to take effect Syn: work, act, be effective …
6take\ effect — v. phr. 1. To have an unexpected or intended result; cause a change. It was nearly an hour before the sleeping pill took effect. 2. To become lawfully right, or operative. The new tax law will not take effect until January. •• to become effective …
7take effect — have an effect, cause a change In two minutes the drug will take effect and you will feel sleepy …
8take effect — verb go into effect or become effective or operative The new law will take effect next month • Hypernyms: ↑become, ↑go, ↑get • Verb Frames: Something s …
9take effect — verb to become active; to become effective The medication wont begin to take effect for 3 4 hours …
10take effect — to start working. The medicine takes effect in less than a half hour. New voter registration laws took effect last year …
