close out vs expand

close out

verb
  • Synonym of close (“to make a sale”) 

  • To terminate; to call the end of. 

  • To terminate a computer program. 

  • To make trades offsetting an existing position, leaving the trader with a neutral position. 

  • Of a wave, to break all at once, instead of progressively along its length. 

  • To exclude by blocking all opportunities to enter or join. 

  • To seal off. 

expand

verb
  • To become, by rewriting, a longer, yet equivalent sum of terms. 

  • To feel generous or optimistic. 

  • To multiply both the numerator and the denominator of a fraction by the same natural number yielding a fraction of equal value 

  • To change (something) from a smaller form or size to a larger one; to spread out or lay open. 

  • To change or grow from smaller to larger in form, number, or size. 

  • To rewrite (an expression) as a longer, yet equivalent sum of terms. 

  • To increase the extent, number, volume or scope of (something). 

  • To express (something) at length and/or in detail. 

  • To increase in extent, number, volume or scope. 

  • To speak or write at length or in detail. 

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