Grammar fix
cut off from
separated or isolated from
To be unable to reach or have contact with people or places — physically (because of a storm, distance or a broken phone) or emotionally (feeling isolated from them).
Hear it in context
Notice where the phrase sounds natural.
After the storm, the village was completely cut off from the rest of the country.
If I lost internet access, I would feel cut off from my friends and all the news.
Fix the pattern
One small grammar move makes it sound right.
Not: We were cut off to the outside world.
Say: We were cut off from the outside world.
It's 'cut off FROM' something/someone — not 'to'.
Which sounds natural?
Tap the one a native speaker would say.
'Cut off' is the natural verb for being unreachable; 'became inaccessible due to' is news-bulletin formal.
Build natural chunks
Words that usually travel with it.
cut off from + place/people
- from the world
- from help
- by the snow
- completely