reach out vs touch base

reach out

verb
  • To attempt to initiate communication with someone; to contact. 

  • To extend one's hand(s) forward. 

  • To ask for help. 

  • To make more friends, to increase one's group of friends or acquaintances. 

touch base

verb
  • To meet or make contact with someone, usually to consult, review, visit, or communicate. 

  • To touch a base, usually with a foot but sometimes with a hand. 

How often have the words reach out and touch base occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )