tear down vs throw up

tear down

verb
  • To demolish 

  • To degrade (someone), to discredit or criticize 

throw up

verb
  • To give up, abandon something. 

  • Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see throw, up. 

  • To cause something such as dust or water to rise into the air. 

  • To vomit. 

  • To produce something new or unexpected. 

  • To display a gang sign using the hands. 

intj
  • Used as an expression of frustration or to dismiss a conversation partner. 

noun
  • Vomit. 

How often have the words tear down and throw up occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )