lallygag vs take action

lallygag

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

noun
  • Horseplay, fooling around. 

  • A layabout, one who lallygags. 

take action

verb
  • To act; to act positively and decisively to resolve a problem. 

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