get through vs touch base

get through

verb
  • To communicate successfully; to make contact, or get one's point across. 

  • To be made successfully; to reach the addressee. 

  • To complete; to finish. 

  • To overcome; to endure. 

touch base

verb
  • To meet or make contact with someone, usually to consult, review, visit, or communicate. 

  • To touch a base, usually with a foot but sometimes with a hand. 

How often have the words get through and touch base occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )