give the red light (to) vs repulse

give the red light (to)

repulse

verb
  • To repel or drive back. 

  • To reject or rebuff. 

  • To cause revulsion in. 

noun
  • the act of repulsing or the state of being repulsed 

  • refusal, rejection or repulsion 

How often have the words give the red light (to) and repulse occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )