That's a weird thing to have tattooed on your arm.

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GeneD

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That's a weird thing to have tattooed on your arm. It's from exercises.

What confuses me is the expression "to have tattooed on your arm". I would expect "to have a tattoo on your arm" or "have tattooed your arm" (without "on") or rather "have your arm tatooed". Is it a typo or a natural expression?
 
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It's perfectly correct, natural and common.

To 'have something done' is a causative use of the verb 'have'.
 
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