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What does take effect mean?

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  1. (idiomatic) to become active; to become effective
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The first of the lay-offs will take effect from June this year with the remainder of the redundancies in October.
But he was quick to add that the new fares would not take effect in the near future.
The ban is due to take effect on February 18 and will end fox-hunting, stag hunting, and hare-coursing with dogs.
Becket was armed with letters from the Pope which would take effect upon delivery.
However, those boundary changes will apparently not take effect until after the next federal election.
Controversial proposals to switch the school year from three terms to six are now virtually certain to take effect across Hampshire.

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