knock down vs put

knock down

verb
  • To hit or knock (something or someone), intentionally or accidentally, so that it falls. 

  • To drink fast. 

  • To disassemble for shipment. 

  • To reduce the price of. 

  • To demolish. 

  • To approve a drinking toast by banging glasses on the table. 

  • At an auction, to declare (something) sold with a blow from the gavel. 

put

verb
  • To play a card or a hand in the game called put. 

  • To convey coal in the mine, as for example from the working to the tramway. 

  • To bring or set into a certain relation, state or condition. 

  • To express something in a certain manner. 

  • To set before one for judgment, acceptance, or rejection; to bring to the attention. 

  • To place something somewhere. 

  • To attach or attribute; to assign. 

  • To exercise a put option. 

  • To throw a heavy iron ball, as a sport. (See shot put. Do not confuse with putt.) 

  • To steer; to direct one's course; to go. 

noun
  • A right to sell something at a predetermined price. 

  • The act of putting; an action; a movement; a thrust; a push. 

  • An old card game. 

How often have the words knock down and put occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )