go to the wall vs retard

go to the wall

verb
  • To be put aside or forgotten. 

  • To make an all-out effort. 

  • To take an extreme and determined position or measure. 

  • To fail, to run out of options. (especially of a business) 

retard

verb
  • To put off; to postpone. 

  • To decelerate; to slow down. 

  • To keep delaying; to continue to hinder; to prevent from progressing. 

noun
  • Retardation; delay. 

  • A slowing down of the tempo; a ritardando. 

  • A person or being who is extremely stupid or slow to learn. 

How often have the words go to the wall and retard occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )