go on the hop vs sag off

go on the hop

sag off

verb
  • Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see sag, off. 

  • To back off from an opponent against whom one is defending. 

  • To skive; to fail to attend school when required to do so. 

  • To move too far leeward when sailing on the wind. 

  • To fall in share price. 

How often have the words go on the hop and sag off occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )