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Verb: put forward
  1. Put before
    "I put forward to you that the accused is guilty"
    - submit, state, posit
     
  2. Insist on having one's opinions and rights recognized
    "Women should put forward themselves more!"
    - assert
     
  3. Summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic
    "put forward the spectre of unemployment"
    - raise, conjure, conjure up, invoke, evoke, stir, call down, arouse, bring up, call forth
     
  4. Propose as a candidate for some honour
    - nominate, put up

Derived forms: put forward, puts forward, putting forward

Type of: acquit, advise, bear, behave, carry, comport, conduct, create, deport, make, nominate, propose, suggest

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put on the line
put one across
put one over
put option
put out
put out feelers