espouse vs leave alone

espouse

verb
  • To accept, support, or take on as one’s own (an idea or a cause). 

  • To become/get married to. 

leave alone

verb
  • To desist or refrain from involvement with. 

  • To stop bothering (a person). 

How often have the words espouse and leave alone occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )