Use have + object + past participle when someone else does something for you, usually a service you arrange: I had my hair cut. We're having the kitchen painted. Get something done means the same and is more informal. It can also describe something bad that happened to you: She had her phone stolen.
I had my hair cut yesterday.
You're in the focus, but someone else does the job: the hairdresser cut your hair.
| have + object + participle | A service you arrange: I'm having my car repaired. |
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| get + object + participle | The same, more informal: I need to get my eyes tested. |
| Tenses | Change have: I had / I'm having / I'll have / I've had my car serviced. |
| Bad experiences | Something done to you: He had his wallet stolen. |
Word order matters: have + the thing + the participle. I had my hair cut (someone cut it) is different from I had cut my hair (Past Perfect: I cut it myself, earlier).
We're having the kitchen painted.
You pay or ask someone to do it.
You should get your eyes tested.
Same meaning, more informal.
She had her phone stolen on the bus.
She didn't arrange it: it happened to her.
Common expressions worth learning as they are.
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From the basic form to the reporting passive.
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They mean the same. Get is more informal and common in speech: I got my car fixed.
It's called the causative. It works like a passive (the thing receives the action, followed by a past participle), but the subject is the person who arranges it.