choose vs get rid of

choose

verb
  • To decide to act in a certain way. 

  • To elect. 

  • To prefer; to wish; to desire. 

  • To pick; to make the choice of; to select. 

conj
  • The binomial coefficient of the previous and following number. 

get rid of

verb
  • to rid oneself of; dispose (of); to remove; to abolish; to lose 

How often have the words choose and get rid of occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )