give someone the brush-off vs knock back

give someone the brush-off

verb
  • To rebuff, snub or curtly reject someone. 

knock back

verb
  • To reject; to refuse. 

  • To drink an alcoholic beverage swiftly or often. 

  • To stun; to surprise. 

  • To press or knead (dough) so as to remove air bubbles. 

How often have the words give someone the brush-off and knock back occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )