make a game of vs show up

make a game of

show up

verb
  • To make visible or expose faults and deficiencies in, usually by outdoing, outperforming, or outcompeting another. 

  • To appear, arrive, or attend, especially suddenly or erratically. 

  • To make visible; to expose. 

  • To be easily visible; to be conspicuous. 

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