drop out vs slip through the cracks

drop out

verb
  • To be lost or momentarily interrupted. 

  • To leave (school, a race, etc.) prematurely and voluntarily. 

  • Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see drop, out. 

  • To opt out of conventional society. 

slip through the cracks

verb
  • To escape notice or lack sufficient attention. 

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