hang out to dry vs pass up

hang out to dry

verb
  • Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hang, out, dry. 

  • To abandon someone who is in need or in danger, especially a colleague or one dependent. 

pass up

verb
  • Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pass, up. 

  • To refuse (not accept); forgo. 

  • To submit (hand in) items to a person, usually one's teacher. 

How often have the words hang out to dry and pass up occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )