assent vs green light

assent

noun
  • agreement; act of agreeing 

verb
  • To agree to a proposal. 

green light

noun
  • Approval, or permission to proceed. 

  • A go-ahead to commit a crime, specifically to carry out a hit on someone (i.e. to kill). 

  • A traffic light in its green state (indicating that vehicles may proceed). 

How often have the words assent and green light occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )