lay up vs scatter

lay up

verb
  • To deliberately leave the ball further than necessary from the hole, so as to secure an easier succeeding shot. 

  • To go out of active service. 

  • To make a layup with (a basketball) 

  • To take out of active service. 

  • To store; to put by. 

  • To disable or incapacitate; to confine to bed. 

scatter

verb
  • Of a pitcher: to keep down the number of hits or walks. 

  • To (cause to) separate and go in different directions; to disperse. 

  • To deflect (radiation or particles). 

  • To occur or fall at widely spaced intervals. 

  • To distribute loosely as by sprinkling. 

  • To frustrate, disappoint, and overthrow. 

  • To be dispersed upon. 

noun
  • The act of scattering or dispersing. 

  • A collection of dispersed objects. 

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