come into effect

come into effect

Of a law, policy, etc., to become official, legitimate, or valid. These changes in the uniform policy come into effect at the start of next year. The new administration has vowed that several policies will come into effect to help struggling citizens get by. The new law will come into effect on the first of January.

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come into effect

to become valid, effective, or operable. When did these rules come into effect? They came into effect while you were on vacation.

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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

come/go into efˈfect

(of laws, rules, etc.) begin to be used, applied, etc: The winter timetable comes into effect in November.

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