go west vs take a hike

go west

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

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

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

take a hike

verb
  • To go away; to leave or depart. 

  • To go hiking. 

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