in the driver’s seat vs intimidate

in the driver’s seat

intimidate

verb
  • To make timid or afraid; to cause to feel fear or nervousness; to deter, especially by threats of violence 

  • He's trying to intimidate you. If you ignore him, hopefully he'll stop. 

How often have the words in the driver’s seat and intimidate occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )