cut someone loose vs forgo

cut someone loose

verb
  • To let someone go from something, such as a position, relationship, or obligation. 

forgo

verb
  • To let pass, to leave alone, to let go. 

  • To do without, to abandon, to renounce. 

  • To refrain from, to abstain from, to pass up, to withgo. 

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