put forward

put forward
    v 1: put before; "I submit to you that the accused is guilty"
         [syn: {submit}, {state}, {put forward}, {posit}]
    2: insist on having one's opinions and rights recognized; "Women
       should assert themselves more!" [syn: {assert}, {put
       forward}]
    3: summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by
       magic; "raise the specter of unemployment"; "he conjured wild
       birds in the air"; "call down the spirits from the mountain"
       [syn: {raise}, {conjure}, {conjure up}, {invoke}, {evoke},
       {stir}, {call down}, {arouse}, {bring up}, {put forward},
       {call forth}]
    4: propose as a candidate for some honor [syn: {nominate}, {put
       up}, {put forward}]