Usually means: Begin to produce intended results.
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  1. take effect: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. take effect: Merriam-Webster
  3. take effect: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. take effect: Collins English Dictionary
  5. take effect: Vocabulary.com
  6. take effect: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. take effect: Wiktionary
  8. take effect: Dictionary.com
  9. take effect: Rhymezone
  10. take effect: FreeDictionary.org
  11. take effect: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. take effect: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. take effect: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. take effect: Legal dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. take effect: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (take effect)

verb:  (informal, of a drug, etc.) To become active; to become effective.
verb:  (informal, of a law, etc.) To come into force, to come into effect, to inure.

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