'put forward' definitions:

verb

Put before; "I submit to you that the accused is guilty" [syn: submit, state, put forward, posit]

verb

Insist on having one's opinions and rights recognized; "Women should assert themselves more!" [syn: assert, put forward]

verb

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]

verb

Propose as a candidate for some honor [syn: nominate, put up, put forward]