How to Use the Expression Cut Off

We can use the expression cut off when maybe a village gets cut off because the road is block snow. Or if there's a storm, an island might get cut off. In that sense, it's more about sort of lack of access. It means to increase intensity of something. For example, ar step up efforts. A, quite commonly we say, step up my effort, or step up our efforts. The next news headline comes from the tiwan news, and it reads, australia new zealand step up efforts to aid sonami hit tonge.