cut out vs overpass

cut out

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

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

  • To intercept. 

  • To arrange or prepare. 

  • 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 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. 

overpass

verb
  • To disregard, skip, or miss something. 

  • To pass above something, as when flying or moving on a higher road. 

  • To exceed, overstep, or transcend a limit, threshold, or goal. 

noun
  • A section of a road or path that crosses over an obstacle, especially another road, railway, etc. 

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