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take a gander at

Look at, glance at, as in Will you take a gander at that woman's red hair! This slangy idiom, dating from the early 1900s, presumably came from the verb gander, meaning “stretch one's neck to see,” possibly alluding to the long neck of the male goose. For a synonym, see take a look at.

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Nearby words

  1. take a crack at,
  2. take a dim view of,
  3. take a fall,
  4. take a fancy to,
  5. take a fit,
  6. take a hand in,
  7. take a hike,
  8. take a hint,
  9. take a joke,
  10. take a leaf out of someone's book
The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.