publish vs put cards on table

publish

verb
  • To issue the work of (an author). 

  • To be made available in a printed publication or other medium. 

  • To have one's work accepted for a publication. 

  • To issue (something, such as printed work) for distribution and/or sale. 

  • To announce to the public. 

  • To disseminate (a message) publicly via a newsgroup, forum, blog, etc. 

  • To issue a medium (e.g. publication). 

  • To make (information such as an event) available to components that wish to be notified (subscribers). 

put cards on table

How often have the words publish and put cards on table occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )