give up vs tug

give up

verb
  • To relinquish (something) 

  • To admit defeat, capitulate 

  • Become fully taken over by a certain quality, activity, trait, &c. 

  • To abandon (someone or something) 

  • To execute a trade on behalf of another broker. 

  • To stop or quit (an activity, etc.) 

  • To surrender (someone or something) 

  • To lose hope concerning (someone or something) 

tug

verb
  • To masturbate. 

  • To tow by tugboat. 

  • To pull or drag with great effort. 

  • To pull hard repeatedly. 

noun
  • A dog toy consisting of a rope, often with a knot in it. 

  • A trace, or drawing strap, of a harness. 

  • A tugboat. 

  • An iron hook of a hoisting tub, to which a tackle is affixed. 

  • A sudden powerful pull. 

  • An act of male masturbation. 

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