negotiate vs touch base

negotiate

verb
  • To confer with others in order to come to terms or reach an agreement. 

  • To succeed in coping with, or getting over something. 

  • To arrange or settle something by mutual agreement. 

  • To transfer to another person with all the rights of the original holder; to pass, as a bill. 

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 negotiate and touch base occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )