backpedal vs put forward

backpedal

verb
  • To pedal backwards on a bicycle. 

  • To step backwards. 

  • To distance oneself from an earlier claim or statement; back off from an idea. 

put forward

verb
  • To change the time in a time zone to a later time. 

  • To propose for consideration. 

How often have the words backpedal and put forward occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )