meditate vs run up a flagpole

meditate

verb
  • To consider; to reflect on. 

  • To contemplate; to keep the mind fixed upon something; to study. 

  • To sit or lie down and come to a deep rest while still remaining conscious. 

run up a flagpole

How often have the words meditate and run up a flagpole occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )