Batten down the hatches and Clear the decks

Clear the decks and batten down the hatches are semantically related. In some cases you can replace phrase "Clear the decks" with "Batten down the hatches", this phrases are similar.

Batten down the hatches and clear the decks are semantically related. Sometimes you can replace phrase "Batten down the hatches" with "Clear the decks", this phrases are similar.