noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
deliver
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It will take courage to do this, but delivering an ultimatum may bring him to his senses.
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A handful of parishioners would demand that he deliver Ray an ultimatum: sit down or get out.
give
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He gave me an ultimatum: either get down to training properly or we part company.
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So it was necessary to give an ultimatum to Hussein: Get out in 47 days or there will be war.
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He was given an ultimatum by Murphy to prove his fitness by Friday but went well in training on Monday.
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Fifteen blacks were called in and given this ultimatum .
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In his absence, the Socialists gave him an ultimatum: he should hand over to the Communists.
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He tried to start things up in a halfhearted sort of way, but she gave him an ultimatum .
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I gave you that ultimatum because I wanted you to confide in me.
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In the end the defendant gave an ultimatum .
issue
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He issued an ultimatum: unless there was an early return, he would resign.
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And now he had issued an ultimatum .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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She's ignored all my previous warnings about being late for work, so I've decided to give her an ultimatum .
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The hijackers have issued an ultimatum -- either the government releases the prisoners or the plane will be blown up.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Fifteen blacks were called in and given this ultimatum .
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He was given an ultimatum by Murphy to prove his fitness by Friday but went well in training on Monday.
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It was not so much a letter, as an ultimatum .
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Morliere, anxious to avert an explosion, reassured Valluy that the ultimatum was unnecessary, since hostilities had stopped.
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The State Council gave the armed groups an ultimatum to lay down their arms by March 30 and to open transport routes.
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The upshot of the visit was the withdrawal of the Berlin ultimatum in favour of a conference.
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This is an ultimatum that Steadman is ready to meet.