lay up vs spend

lay up

verb
  • To store; to put by. 

  • To go out of active service. 

  • To make a layup with (a basketball) 

  • To deliberately leave the ball further than necessary from the hole, so as to secure an easier succeeding shot. 

  • To take out of active service. 

  • To disable or incapacitate; to confine to bed. 

spend

verb
  • To bestow; to employ; often with on or upon. 

  • To waste or wear away; to be consumed. 

  • To exhaust, to wear out. 

  • To be diffused; to spread. 

  • To pay out (money). 

  • To consume, to use up (time). 

  • To break ground; to continue working. 

noun
  • Discharged semen. 

  • Expenditures; money or pocket money. 

  • Vaginal discharge. 

  • Amount of money spent (during a period); expenditure. 

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