break out vs crosscut

break out

verb
  • To take or force out by breaking. 

  • To bring out from storage, use, or present. 

  • To rescue someone or aid their escape as in sense 1 

  • Of a record: to achieve success. 

  • To escape, especially forcefully or defiantly. Notionally, to escape by breaking. 

  • To separate from a bundle. 

  • To suddenly get pimples or a rash, especially on one's face. 

  • To begin suddenly; to emerge in a certain condition. 

crosscut

verb
  • To cut across something. 

  • To cut (wood, lumber) across the grain. 

  • To cut repeatedly between two concurrent scenes. 

noun
  • A crosswise cut. 

  • A shortcut. 

  • A crosscut saw. 

  • A level driven across the course of a vein, or across the main workings, as from one gangway to another. 

  • An instance of filmic crosscutting. 

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