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Two verbs, have and get, can be used in a special way: they can be followed by an object
and the past participle of a verb. When have
and get are used in
this way, the meaning is something like "someone (verb) (object)":
Examples:
She has her
her car washed every week. / She gets her car washed every week. (Someone washes
her car every week.)
He's having his blood pressure checked./ He's getting his blood pressure checked. (Someone is
checking his blood pressure.)
She's going to have her ears pierced. / She's going to get her ears pierced. (Someone's going to
pierce her ears.)
He had
his hair cut. / He got his hair cut. (Someone cut
his hair.)
I have to have my car fixed. / I have to
get my car fixed. (Someone has to fix my car.)
They've had their house painted.
/ They've gotten their house painted. (Someone has
painted their house.)
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