put forward

put before

• “I submit to you that the accused is guilty”

insist on having one''s opinions and rights recognized

• “Women should assert themselves more!”

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”

cause to protrude or as if to protrude

• “stick one”
• “;”
• “s nose into other people”

propose as a candidate for some honor