cut out vs take off

cut out

verb
  • To remove, omit. 

  • To take a ship out of a harbor etc. by getting between her and the shore. 

  • To intercept. 

  • To arrange or prepare. 

  • Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cut, out. To separate into parts with or as if with a sharp-edged instrument; sever. 

  • To refrain from (doing something, using something etc.), to stop/cease (doing something). 

  • To oust, to replace. 

  • To separate from a herd. 

  • To stop working, to switch off; (of a person on the telephone etc.) to be inaudible, be disconnected. 

  • To leave suddenly. 

adj
  • Well suited; appropriate; fit for a particular activity or purpose. 

take off

verb
  • To remove. 

  • To depart. 

  • To absent oneself from (work or other responsibility), especially with permission. 

  • To quantify. 

  • To leave the ground and begin flight; to ascend into the air. 

  • To imitate, often in a satirical manner. 

  • To become successful, to flourish. 

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