TAKES EFFECT Synonyms: 17 Similar and Opposite Words

takes effect

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present tense third-person singular of take effect

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to produce a desired effect You'll feel better once the medication takes effect.

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takes hold

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As Ricky adapts to his expanding worldview, a delirious new logic takes hold.

— Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 14 July 2026
Once the story gathers everyone into the house and lets the mayhem start in earnest, an overall feeling of Gothic grimness and rotting-corpse griminess takes hold.

— David Fear, Rolling Stone, 10 July 2026

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