rough-and-tumble vs throw down

rough-and-tumble

verb
  • Engage in rough-and-tumble activity 

noun
  • An environment of rough activity 

  • Rough activity; fighting or brawling; a fight. 

  • A person who characteristically engages in such activity 

adj
  • active, vigorous and rough, with the possibility of harm 

  • highly competitive 

throw down

verb
  • To cause something one is holding to drop, often forcefully. 

  • to produce or perform (something) admirably or forcefully. 

  • to make an individual contribution to a group effort (e.g. money pool, collaborative record album) 

  • to fight, incite to fight, or approach with the intent to fight; to make a stand. 

  • to drink a large amount quickly. 

  • to accomplish or produce something in a grand, respectable, or successful manner; to "represent". 

How often have the words rough-and-tumble and throw down occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )