give the go-by vs knock back

give the go-by

verb
  • To avoid dealing with; to disregard, ignore. 

  • To snub (someone); to end a relationship. 

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 the go-by and knock back occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )