cast off vs overpass

cast off

verb
  • To discard or reject something. 

  • To let go (a cable or rope securing a vessel to a buoy, wharf, etc.) so that the vessel may make way. 

  • To finish the last row of knitted stitches and remove them securely from the needle. 

  • To estimate the amount of space required by the type used for the given copy. 

overpass

verb
  • To disregard, skip, or miss something. 

  • To pass above something, as when flying or moving on a higher road. 

  • To exceed, overstep, or transcend a limit, threshold, or goal. 

noun
  • A section of a road or path that crosses over an obstacle, especially another road, railway, etc. 

How often have the words cast off and overpass occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )