drop anchor vs flatten out

drop anchor

verb
  • To defecate. 

  • To release the anchor of a ship or boat, allowing it to fall to the bed of a body of water and thereby securing the vessel in place. 

flatten out

verb
  • To make flat (something rough, folded or bumpy). 

  • To win a fight, usually by punching someone until they are knocked over 

  • To become more even. 

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