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came into force

came into force is the simple past of come into force.

Meaning of come into force

Verb

come into force (third-person singular simple present comes into force, present participle coming into force, simple past came into force, past participle come into force)

  1. (usually, regulation) To become valid or active, to inure.
    • By 1922, when The Railway Magazine attained its Silver Jubilee, the railways were in the throes of grouping, the Act for which had been passed the previous year, and which came fully into force in 1923.1957 July, M. D. Greville, “A Diamond Jubilee of Railway Memories”, in Railway Magazine, page 496

Questions about came into force

What is came into force the simple past of?
Came into force is the simple past of come into force.

Words near came into force in the dictionary

  1. came in handy
  2. came in hot
  3. came in useful
  4. came into
  5. came into being
  6. came into force
  7. came into one's own
  8. came into play
  9. came into the world
  10. came it strong
  11. came knocking

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