[Grammar] Look Out Over

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"The room looks out over the garden."
"The room looks over the garden."

Are look out over and look over different? What does "out" add?
 
Technically, a room doesn't look over anything. It overlooks the garden. A person standing in the window of that room could look out over the garden.
 
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