go all the way vs perseverate

go all the way

verb
  • To continue to the conclusion of a task or project. 

  • To have sexual intercourse. 

  • To travel the entire distance to one's intended destination. 

perseverate

verb
  • To persist in doing something; to continue to repeat an action after the original stimulus has ended. 

  • To cause the perseveration of (a given reflex or response). 

How often have the words go all the way and perseverate occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )