cut and run vs run away

cut and run

verb
  • To hurry away; to escape. 

  • To sail away quickly by cutting the yarns that hold the sails furled; to cut the anchor cable and not wait to weigh it. 

  • To abandon a position as quickly as possible. 

run away

verb
  • To flee by running. 

  • To leave home, or other place of residence, usually unannounced, or to make good on a threat, with such action usually performed by a child or juvenile. 

  • To become a runaway. 

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