Source : WordNet®

put forward
     v 1: put before; "I submit to you that the accused is guilty"
          [syn: {submit}, {state}, {posit}]
     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},
         {evoke}, {stir}, {call down}, {arouse}, {bring up}, {call
        forth}]
     4: cause to protrude or as if 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}]