pick up what someone is putting down vs take the point

pick up what someone is putting down

verb
  • To understand, pay attention to, or learn from what someone says or does. 

take the point

verb
  • To grasp the essential meaning of what a person is saying, to understand a person's argument and point of view. 

  • To agree with what a person says, to be persuaded by their arguments. 

How often have the words pick up what someone is putting down and take the point occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )