get about vs make the rounds

get about

verb
  • To visit a variety of different places. 

  • To be mobile, physically active. 

  • To become widely known; to be leaked to the public or a wider audience. 

make the rounds

verb
  • To go from one place to another for a particular reason. 

  • To circulate from one place to another. 

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