oppose vs pair off

oppose

verb
  • To present or set up in opposition; to pose. 

  • To object to. 

  • To place in front of, or over against; to set opposite; to exhibit. 

  • To attempt to stop the progression of; to resist or antagonize by physical means, or by arguments, etc.; to contend against. 

pair off

verb
  • To join two people into a relationship. 

  • To separate into groups of two. 

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