ball game vs kick around

ball game

noun
  • Any game played with a ball. 

  • A decisive outcome in regard to some ongoing situation; game over. 

  • Affair, issue, matter, subject, story, topic. 

  • A specific contest or match between teams playing such a game, in particular a baseball game. 

  • A sport played in the Aztec and Mayan civilizations; Mesoamerican ballgame. 

kick around

noun
  • An informal game of football, rugby or similar sports. 

verb
  • To wander loose; to float around; to hang around. 

  • To be discussed informally; to be considered. 

  • To abuse or mistreat; to bully; to be rough with. 

How often have the words ball game and kick around occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )