put forward

Verb

put forward (third-person singular simple present puts forward, present participle putting forward, simple past and past participle put forward)

1. (idiomatic, transitive) To propose for consideration.
   • The Prime Minister put forward new plans to tackle corruption.
   • Democrats, meanwhile, point out that Republicans seem to have made a conscious decision, beginning with the stimulus, to oppose anything the president put forward, dooming any chance of renewed cooperation between the parties.2012 November 7, Matt Bai, “Winning a Second Term, Obama Will Confront Familiar Headwinds”, in New York Times

   Synonyms:

   put forth, moot, propound, produce, advance

2. (idiomatic, transitive) To change the time in a time zone to a later time.
   • Don't forget that this Sunday we put the clocks forward an hour.
   • When the clocks are put forward at the introduction of summer time, the long-distance night trains automatically become one hour late, and continue to run late for the remainder of their journeys. […] Similarly, when the clocks are put back in the autumn, the night trains become one hour early.1951 June, “The Why and the Wherefore: Railways and Summer Time”, in Railway Magazine, page 429