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English Grammar: Have Something Done

Have something done is used in English when we want to say that something will be completed by someone else instead of us. Examples: I'm going to have my hair cut. She's having her house redecorated.

Have something done is used in English, when we want to say that something will be completed by someone else instead of us.

  • I'm going to have my hair cut.
  • She's having her house redecorated.
  • I'm having a copy of the report sent to you

In informal English, we can replace have with get.

  • We're getting a new telephone system installed.
  • They will be getting the system repaired as quickly as they can.
  • I got the bill sent direct to the company.

Have/got something done can also be used in situations where something bad has happened to certain people or their property.

  • John had all his money stolen from his hotel bedroom.
  • We had our car damaged by a falling tree.
  • I got my nose broken playing rugby.

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