follow in footsteps vs reduplicate

follow in footsteps

reduplicate

adj
  • valvate with the margins curved outwardly 

  • doubled 

  • folded, with the abaxial surfaces facing one another 

verb
  • To double again: to multiply: to repeat. 

  • To repeat (a word or part of a word) in order to form a new word or phrase, possibly with modification of one of the repetitions. 

How often have the words follow in footsteps and reduplicate occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )