follow vs lay out

follow

verb
  • To understand, to pay attention to. 

  • To walk in, as a road or course; to attend upon closely, as a profession or calling. 

  • To subscribe to see content from an account on a social media platform. 

  • To live one's life according to (religion, teachings, etc). 

  • To carry out (orders, instructions, etc.). 

  • To be a logical consequence of something. 

  • To watch, to keep track of (reports of) some event or person. 

  • To go or come after in a sequence. 

  • To go after; to pursue; to move behind in the same path or direction, especially with the intent of catching. 

noun
  • In billiards and similar games, a stroke causing a ball to follow another ball after hitting it. 

  • The act of following another user's online activity. 

lay out

verb
  • To explain; to interpret. 

  • To concoct; think up. 

  • To prepare a body for burial. 

  • To arrange in a certain way, so as to spread or space apart; to display (e.g. merchandise or a collection). 

  • To lie in the sunshine. 

  • To expend or contribute money to an expense or purchase. 

  • To render (someone) unconscious; to knock out; to cause to fall to the floor. 

  • simple past tense of lie out 

  • To scold or berate. 

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