go a long way vs matter

go a long way

verb
  • To be adequate or helpful for a significant amount of time. 

  • To achieve considerable success. 

matter

verb
  • To be important. 

  • To care about, to mind; to find important. 

noun
  • Matter made up of normal particles, not antiparticles. 

  • Aristotelian: undeveloped potentiality subject to change and development; formlessness. Matter receives form, and becomes substance. 

  • An affair, condition, or subject, especially one of concern or (especially when preceded by the) one that is problematic. 

  • The basic structural component of the universe, usually having mass and volume. 

  • An approximate amount or extent. 

  • Printed material, especially in books or magazines. 

  • A kind of substance. 

How often have the words go a long way and matter occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )