"take a gander" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_text": "First recorded in 1887, based on craning the neck like a goose.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "takes a gander",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taking a gander",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "took a gander",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taken a gander",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "take<,,took,taken> a gander"
      },
      "expansion": "take a gander (third-person singular simple present takes a gander, present participle taking a gander, simple past took a gander, past participle taken a gander)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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            "Entry maintenance"
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        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "They all went downtown to take a gander at the new shops that had opened there.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To take a look; to check or examine."
      ],
      "id": "en-take_a_gander-en-verb-XqGvUoxS",
      "links": [
        [
          "take a look",
          "take a look"
        ],
        [
          "check",
          "check"
        ],
        [
          "examine",
          "examine"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To take a look; to check or examine."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "have a look"
        },
        {
          "word": "take a look"
        },
        {
          "word": "look"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "word": "take a gander"
}

{
  "etymology_text": "First recorded in 1887, based on craning the neck like a goose.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "takes a gander",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taking a gander",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "took a gander",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taken a gander",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "take<,,took,taken> a gander"
      },
      "expansion": "take a gander (third-person singular simple present takes a gander, present participle taking a gander, simple past took a gander, past participle taken a gander)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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        "English light verb constructions",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English verbs",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "They all went downtown to take a gander at the new shops that had opened there.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To take a look; to check or examine."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "take a look",
          "take a look"
        ],
        [
          "check",
          "check"
        ],
        [
          "examine",
          "examine"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To take a look; to check or examine."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "have a look"
        },
        {
          "word": "take a look"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "look"
    }
  ],
  "word": "take a gander"
}