indicate vs open the way for

indicate

verb
  • To show or manifest by symptoms; to point to as the proper remedies. 

  • To point out; to discover; to direct to a knowledge of; to show; to make known. 

  • To signal in a vehicle the desire to turn right or left. 

  • To investigate the condition or power of, as of steam engine, by means of an indicator. 

open the way for

How often have the words indicate and open the way for occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )