let go vs rivet

let go

verb
  • To dismiss from employment. 

  • To release from one's grasp; to go from a state of holding on to a state of no longer holding on. 

  • To ignore (a comment, etc.). 

  • To emotionally disengage or to distract oneself from a situation. 

  • To fail to maintain a standard of appearance, behavior, or performance. 

  • Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see let, go. 

  • To gain weight 

rivet

verb
  • To command the attention of. 

  • To attach or fasten parts by using rivets. 

  • To make firm or immovable. 

  • To install rivets. 

noun
  • Any fixed point or certain basis. 

  • A cylindrical mechanical fastener that attaches multiple parts together by fitting through a hole and deforming the head(s) at either end. 

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