submit vs take the offensive

submit

verb
  • To yield (something) to another, as when defeated. 

  • To win a fight against (an opponent) by submission. 

  • To enter or put forward for approval, consideration, marking etc. 

  • To yield or give way to another. 

  • To subject; to put through a process. 

take the offensive

verb
  • To attack instead of defending; to be bold and proactive. 

How often have the words submit and take the offensive occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )