"look-out" meaning in English

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          "text": "Very well—very good indeed. We may get to the coast; but to cross the wide sea, we know not whither, is a dreary look-out.",
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          "ref": "2021 September 22, Dr Mike Esbester, “Trackside safety: a permanent problem”, in RAIL, number 940, page 78:",
          "text": "The gang was working without a look-out, six of them with their backs to approaching trains.",
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