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]