rally vs sit-down

rally

noun
  • A protest or demonstration for or against something, but often with speeches and often without marching, especially in North America. 

  • A recovery after a decline in prices (said of the market, stocks, etc.) 

  • A sequence of strokes between serving and scoring a point. 

  • An event in which competitors drive through a series of timed special stages at intervals. The winner is the driver who completes all stages with the shortest cumulative time. 

  • A public gathering or mass meeting that is not mainly a protest and is organized to inspire enthusiasm for a cause. 

  • Good-humoured raillery. 

verb
  • To recover strength after a decline in prices. 

  • To come into orderly arrangement; to renew order, or united effort, as troops scattered or put to flight; to assemble. 

  • To collect, and reduce to order, as troops dispersed or thrown into confusion; to gather again; to reunite. 

  • To collect one's vital powers or forces; to regain health or consciousness. 

  • To tease; to chaff good-humouredly. 

sit-down

noun
  • A sit-in, a protest of civil disobedience by people sitting and refusing to move. 

  • An act of sitting down, especially with other people in some form of social exchange. 

adj
  • Intended to be done, used, consumed etc. while sitting. 

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