take a gander
To take a look; to check or examine.
They all went downtown to take a gander at the new shops that had opened there.
gander
UK /ˈɡæn.də(ɹ)/ US /ˈɡæn.dɚ/
noun 4name 2verb 1
Collocations
4ADJ.
ahead, fine, good, insolent, magnificent, male, other, white
VERB + GANDER
let's, take
GANDER + NOUN
trimaran
PREP.
from
Definitions
noun
1
A male goose.
Ganders and geese are at their best for stock from two to ten years old. They live to a great age—it is stated to thirty or more years—but after ten years they cannot be reckoned upon as reliable assets on a farm. Two years old is the best age to mate them, making up pens of a gander and two or three geese at the New Year. It is difficult sometimes to distinguish ganders from geese. A practical man is, however, rarely mistaken.
Old Mother Goose / When she wanted to wander / Would ride through the air / On a very fine gander.
2
A fool, simpleton.
3
A glance, look.
Have a gander at what he’s written.
I took a gander and she seemed so familiar.
4
A man living apart from his wife.
verb
1
to ramble, wander
name
1
A surname.
2
A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador.
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Idioms & Phrases
what's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander
If something is acceptable for one person, it is acceptable for another (often of the opposite gender).
[…] sawce which is good for the Goose, I hope will be good for the Gander […]
what's good for the goose is good for the gander
Literally, what is good for a female goose is equally good for a male goose (gander); or, what is good for a woman should be equally good for a man.
Example Bank
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Ganders and geese are at their best for stock from two to ten years old. They live to a great age—it is stated to thirty or more years—but after ten years they cannot be reckoned upon as reliable asse
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Old Mother Goose / When she wanted to wander / Would ride through the air / On a very fine gander.
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Marta's gander was a magnificent snow-white bird: the object of terror to foxes, children and dogs. She had reared him as a gosling; and whenever he approached, he would let fly a low contented burble
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What's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.
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What is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.
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Let's have a gander at this insolent man.
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i Register
In some senses, gander is marked as informal, US. Watch for register when choosing this word.
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