cut out vs extend

cut out

verb
  • To arrange or prepare. 

  • To take a ship out of a harbor etc. by getting between her and the shore. 

  • To intercept. 

  • To remove, omit. 

  • Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cut, out. To separate into parts with or as if with a sharp-edged instrument; sever. 

  • To refrain from (doing something, using something etc.), to stop/cease (doing something). 

  • To oust, to replace. 

  • To separate from a herd. 

  • To stop working, to switch off; (of a person on the telephone etc.) to be inaudible, be disconnected. 

  • To leave suddenly. 

adj
  • Well suited; appropriate; fit for a particular activity or purpose. 

extend

verb
  • To bestow; to offer; to impart; to apply. 

  • To reenlist for a further period. 

  • To increase in quantity by weakening or adulterating additions. 

  • To value, as lands taken by a writ of extent in satisfaction of a debt; to assign by writ of extent. 

  • To straighten (a limb). 

  • Of a class: to be an extension or subtype of, or to be based on, a prototype or a more abstract class. 

  • To increase in extent. 

  • To cause to increase in extent. 

  • To cause to last for a longer period of time. 

  • To possess a certain extent; to cover an amount of space. 

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