lallygag vs loosen up

lallygag

verb
  • To dawdle; to be lazy or idle; to avoid necessary work or effort. 

noun
  • Horseplay, fooling around. 

  • A layabout, one who lallygags. 

loosen up

verb
  • To relax; to act less seriously. 

  • To become loose; to loosen; to relax (a muscle, etc.). 

How often have the words lallygag and loosen up occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )