acquiesce vs play ball

acquiesce

verb
  • To concur upon conviction; to assent to; usually, to concur, not heartily but so far as to forbear opposition. 

  • To rest satisfied, or apparently satisfied, or to rest without opposition and discontent (usually implying previous opposition or discontent); to accept or consent by silence or by omitting to object. 

play ball

verb
  • To work together; to cooperate. 

  • An expression used at the beginning of a game of baseball or softball. 

  • To start anything tumultuous. 

How often have the words acquiesce and play ball occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )