make it up to vs reform

make it up to

verb
  • to redeem oneself 

  • To pay back; to return someone a previous good deed. 

reform

verb
  • To return to a good state; to amend or correct one's own character or habits 

  • To put into a new and improved form or condition; to restore to a former good state, or bring from bad to good; to change from worse to better 

  • To form again or in a new configuration. 

  • to reform a profligate man; to reform corrupt manners or morals; to reform a criminal 

noun
  • The change of something that is defective, broken, inefficient or otherwise negative, in order to correct or improve it 

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