come up short vs succumb

come up short

verb
  • Synonym of fall short 

succumb

verb
  • To overwhelm or bring down. 

  • To yield to an overpowering force or overwhelming desire. 

  • To give up, or give in. 

  • To die. 

How often have the words come up short and succumb occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )