go west vs resign

go west

verb
  • Synonym of set: to move toward the western horizon, to go down. 

  • Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, west. 

  • To move to the American West, particularly (historical) during the 19th century era. 

resign

verb
  • To quit (a job or position). 

  • To submit passively; to give up as hopeless or inevitable. 

  • To give up; to relinquish ownership of. 

  • To hand over (something to someone), place into the care or control of another. 

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