"set out an argument" is a correct and commonly used phrase in written English.
You can use it when you want to describe the action of presenting or outlining an argument in a clear and organized manner. This can be in an essay, speech, or debate. Example: In his opening statement, the lawyer set out a compelling argument for his client's innocence, citing key evidence and witness testimonies.
WOLFEBORO, N.H. — Sounding very much like a general election candidate, former Gov. Mitt Romney of Massachusetts on Tuesday set out an argument for ousting President Obama, whom he again blamed for worsening the recession and slowing the recovery.
Scum stands for Society for Cutting Up Men, and the manifesto set out an argument that men are unnecessary, and was read by many as the ravings of a lunatic.
Berlin set out his basic account of what he would later label monism in his biography of Marx (1939), but did not explicitly criticise it or set out a pluralistic alternative to it (although his lecture 'Utilitarianism', dating from the late 1930s, does set out an argument that anticipates his later claim that values are incommensurable).
It has been objected that both versions of the cosmological argument set out an inflated picture of what explanations are reasonable.
I understand that Scotland Yard detectives are still assessing the material, which sets out an argument that the law may have been broken.
As he stated the ideal, he embodied it, at once setting out an argument for higher taxes on the wealthiest Americans and speaking with authority about the ways in which the poverty of many black Americans is intertwined with family structure, the absence of black fathers (and wage-earners), in particular.
Fenway have conducted no poll of fans, nor boldly set out any arguments for a shared stadium, but based this dismissal mostly on already-fixed opinions on fans websites.
Mr Corbyn's comments clashed with those made by his shadow Foreign Secretary, Hilary Benn, who said the Prime Minster had set out a "compelling argument" in favour of intervention.
If he is to have the faintest chance of, say, repatriating powers on fisheries or employment regulation, he needs first to set out a good argument on why it is time to reassess the accumulation of powers in Brussels, and then to find allies that are fed up with EU regulations in other areas and might want to repatriate them.
In a seminar setting, one has the opportunity to prepare in advance, to develop audiovisual aids, and to set out a logical argument for your audience.
There were few light moments during Mr Cameron's 50 minute address, which he delivered from behind a lectern, as he tried to "set out a serious argument" about how Britain can get through its economic difficulties.
