Have/take a gander (at something) verb phrase
If you have or take a gander at something, you look at something.
Take a gander at this mess! Clean it up at once!
Have a gander at her dress! How a beautiful one!
Come here and take a gander at this map!
To look at someone in an angry, contemptuous, or disapproving way
1. To punch a hole in one's ticket to show that they have paid for a ride
2. To do something that allows one to go further in a competition or to be promoted at work
1. Please, tell me if I forget to punch your ticket.
2. With a view to punching my ticket to the final, I did whatever it takes to win this round.