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: "raise the specter of unemployment";

"he conjured wild birds in the air"; "stir a disturbance"

[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}]