come to grips vs face off

come to grips

verb
  • To confront each other decisively. 

  • To attempt to face or resolve an internal contradiction or difficulty. 

face off

verb
  • To confront (each other). 

noun
  • A face-to-face confrontation, especially a bitter one. 

  • The starting point in a match of ice hockey, where two players face each other to snatch the puck. 

How often have the words come to grips and face off occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )