go ahead vs lay aside

go ahead

verb
  • Used to grant permission for or to give endorsement of a suggestion or proposal. 

  • To proceed with; to begin. 

  • To send communication over the radio. 

lay aside

verb
  • To reserve (something, especially money) for future use; to save as a backup. 

  • To put (something) out of consideration. 

How often have the words go ahead and lay aside occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )