succumb vs take the heat

succumb

verb
  • To give up, or give in. 

  • To yield to an overpowering force or overwhelming desire. 

  • To die. 

  • To overwhelm or bring down. 

take the heat

verb
  • To take the blame; to be the focus of anger or scrutiny; to take the consequences. 

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