bear down vs counterplay

bear down

verb
  • To push (someone) to the ground; to defeat, overcome. 

  • To approach in a determined manner. 

  • To steer away from the wind; to approach from windward. 

  • To intensify one's efforts. 

  • To exert downward pressure on one's abdomen, as in giving birth, forcing out feces, and some similar bodily maneuvers. 

  • Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bear, down. 

counterplay

verb
  • To make a counterplay; to play in response. 

  • To counter; to contrast or contradict. 

noun
  • A subversive style of gameplay in which a player attempts to overturn the usual rules and conventions of the game. 

  • A game move made as a response. 

  • A counterattack in a different part of the board. 

How often have the words bear down and counterplay occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )