take effect

== English == === Pronunciation === === Verb === take effect (third-person singular simple present takes effect, present participle taking effect, simple past took effect, past participle taken effect) (informal, of a drug, etc.) To become active; to become effective. (informal, of a law, etc.) To come into force, to come into effect, to inure. ==== Conjugation ==== See take. ==== Synonyms ==== (to become active): kick in ==== Translations ==== === References === “take effect” (US) / “take effect” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary. “take effect” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman. “take effect”, in Collins English Dictionary.