approaching vs give or take

approaching

adv
  • Nearly. 

noun
  • The act of coming closer; an approach. 

adj
  • That approaches or approach. 

give or take

adv
  • Approximately; plus or minus some unknown amount. 

  • Approximately; within a certain margin of error. 

How often have the words approaching and give or take occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )