kick around vs sandbag

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. 

sandbag

noun
  • A deceptive play whereby a player with a strong hand bets weakly or passively. 

  • A sturdy sack filled with sand, generally used in large numbers to make defensive walls against flooding, bullets, or shrapnel. 

  • An engraver's leather cushion, etc. 

  • A small bag filled with sand and used as a cudgel. 

verb
  • To strike someone with a sandbag or other object to disable or render unconscious. 

  • To construct a barrier of sandbags around. 

  • To pretend to drink early on so that, as the night draws on, one can drink everybody else "under the table". 

  • To conceal or misrepresent one's true position, potential, or intent in order to gain an advantage. 

  • To deceive someone by pretending to be weak, or (card games) by pretending to have a weak hand. 

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