put forward (
http://definr.com/put forward)
v 1: put before; "I submit to you that the accused is guilty"
[syn:
submit,
state]
2: insist on having one's opinions and rights recognized;
"Women should assert themselves more!" [syn:
assert]
3: evoke or call forth, with or as if by magic: "raise the
specter of unemployment"; "he conjured wild birds in the
air"; "stir a disturbance"; "call down the spirits from
the mountain" [syn:
raise,
conjure,
conjure up,
invoke,
stir,
call down,
arouse,
bring up,
call forth]
4: cause to protrude: stick one's hand out of the window";
"stick one's nose into other people's business" [syn:
stick]
5: propose as a candidate for some honor [syn:
nominate, {put
up}]