get through vs make the cut

get through

verb
  • To communicate successfully; to make contact, or get one's point across. 

  • To be made successfully; to reach the addressee. 

  • To complete; to finish. 

  • To overcome; to endure. 

make the cut

verb
  • To succeed at something or meet a requirement; to be chosen out of a field of candidates or possibilities. 

How often have the words get through and make the cut occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )