flatten out vs paste

flatten out

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

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

  • To become more even. 

paste

verb
  • To strike or beat someone or something. 

  • To insert a piece of media (e.g. text, picture, audio, video) previously copied or cut from somewhere else. 

  • To stick with paste; to cause to adhere by or as if by paste. 

  • To defeat decisively or by a large margin. 

noun
  • One of flour, fat, or similar ingredients used in making pastry. 

  • A substance that behaves as a solid until a sufficiently large load or stress is applied, at which point it flows like a fluid 

  • The mineral substance in which other minerals are embedded. 

  • A hard lead-containing glass, or an artificial gemstone made from this glass. 

  • One of pounded foods, such as fish paste, liver paste, or tomato paste. 

  • One used as an adhesive, especially for putting up wallpapers, etc. 

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