cut and run vs skedaddle

cut and run

verb
  • To hurry away; to escape. 

  • To sail away quickly by cutting the yarns that hold the sails furled; to cut the anchor cable and not wait to weigh it. 

  • To abandon a position as quickly as possible. 

skedaddle

verb
  • To move or run away quickly. 

  • To spill; to scatter. 

noun
  • The act of running away; a scurrying off. 

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