apply oneself vs forget

apply oneself

verb
  • Synonym of strive: to work hard, to complete an activity with good effort and focus. 

forget

verb
  • To lose remembrance of. 

  • To unintentionally not do, neglect. 

  • To unintentionally leave something behind. 

  • To cease remembering. 

  • Euphemism for fuck, screw (a mild oath). 

How often have the words apply oneself and forget occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )