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I am so doubtful about the sentence.
Because I think that could mean both.

One is, most people know well, that someone cut my hair.
The other is, I think it is possible in that the verb 'get' does mean just to transform a situation to another, that I cut my hair so that the hair was from a long to a short.

So we ought to write like this 'I cut my hair' to avoid misunderstanding it to the other case.

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"I got my hair cut" is the standard and natural way to express that I "got someone to cut my hair". I wouldn't worry about confusing anyone by that phrasing.

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Learn English – “I can’t get over the way your face looks”

The phrasal verb get over means recover from. It's often used in the context of overcoming illness, injury, or a painful experience, but I like the way this Oxford dictionary defines it:

get over (phrasal verb) recover from (an ailment or an upsetting or startling experience): ‘the trip will help him get over Sal’s death’

In this case, the person is simply surprised by his old friend's face. We don't know why (context doesn't say), but we can make some guesses:

I can't get over the way your face looks – you look so young! (surprise)

I can't get over the way your face looks – your wife's death must have been hard on you. (empathy)

I can't get over the way your face looks – where is that face painting booth? (laughter)

Any of those three are possible, but I suspect it would be the first. It mirrors what one person wrote in an advertisement for a nutrition product:

Recently I was at a gathering, and was in the company of a man I'd worked with in 2003 and 2004.
I noticed he kept watching me. Finally I went over to him, extended my hand and introduced myself.
He said, “I know who you are, I just can’t get over how you look. You look twenty years younger.”

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