have an effect on somebody/something
big/major/profound/significant/dramatic effect
bad/harmful/negative/damaging/detrimental/adverse effect
beneficial/positive effect long-term effect
feel the effect of something
knock-on-effect British English =an effect caused by the thing that happened before
cumulative effect =the effect of many things happening one after another
the desired effect =the effect you wanted
cause and effect =one thing directly causing the other