intimidate vs pull the rug (out) from under

intimidate

verb
  • To make timid or afraid; to cause to feel fear or nervousness; to deter, especially by threats of violence 

  • He's trying to intimidate you. If you ignore him, hopefully he'll stop. 

pull the rug (out) from under

How often have the words intimidate and pull the rug (out) from under occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )