rough-and-tumble vs topple

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 

topple

verb
  • To push or throw over 

  • To overturn 

  • To overthrow something. 

  • To totter and fall, or to lean as if about to do so. 

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