get ahold of oneself vs loosen up

get ahold of oneself

verb
  • To calm down; to stop behaving in an erratic way. 

loosen up

verb
  • To relax; to act less seriously. 

  • To become loose; to loosen; to relax (a muscle, etc.). 

How often have the words get ahold of oneself and loosen up occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )