put through vs upstage

put through

verb
  • to cause to endure 

  • To pass the ball to (someone) giving them a one-on-one scoring opportunity. 

  • To smash (e.g. a window) so as to create an opening. 

  • To connect (a telephone caller with intended callee). 

  • Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see put, through. 

noun
  • A transaction by a broker outside the stock exchange, bringing a buyer and seller together. 

upstage

verb
  • To treat snobbishly. 

  • To force other actors to face away from the audience by staying upstage. 

  • To restage upward; to restage (a case of a disease, usually a cancer) to a higher stage than that found at last assessment. 

  • To draw attention away from others, especially on-stage. 

adv
  • Toward or at the rear of a theatrical stage. 

  • Away from the audience or camera. 

noun
  • The part of a stage that is farthest from the audience or camera. 

adj
  • At the rear of a stage. 

How often have the words put through and upstage occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )