beat out vs douse

beat out

verb
  • To extinguish. 

  • To work out fully. 

  • To sound a rhythm on a percussion instrument such as a drum. 

  • To defeat by a narrow margin. 

  • To make gold or silver leaf out of solid metal. 

  • Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see beat, out. 

douse

verb
  • To put out; to extinguish. 

  • To strike or lower in haste; to slacken suddenly 

  • To plunge suddenly into water; to duck; to immerse. 

  • To strike, beat, or thrash. 

  • To fall suddenly into water. 

noun
  • A sudden plunging into water. 

  • A blow or strike, especially to the face. 

How often have the words beat out and douse occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )