cut a track vs matriculate

cut a track

matriculate

noun
  • A person admitted to membership in a society. 

verb
  • To be enrolled as a member of a body, especially of a college or university. 

  • To enroll as a member of a body, especially of a college or university 

How often have the words cut a track and matriculate occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )