leave someone on read

present singular third person leaves someone on read · participle present leaving someone on read · participle past left someone on read · past left someone on read

1. InternetTo read someone's instant message(s) without giving a response, particularly on a platform that lets one see whether a message has been viewed.

   My boyfriend left me on read yesterday after I asked him to send me a picture of his dog, which made me very angry!

   5 more examples

   Left a nigga on read 'cause I felt like it

   2018, “I Do”, performed by Cardi B ft. SZA

   I said, do that, do that, baby all night long/ And I'ma turn off all my phones / You know I hate it when I'm left on read / But he make it all up in the bed

   2019, Doja Cat, “Like That”, in Hot Pink

   Usually, when you leave someone on read, it's to send the message that you're upset with them, you're over their nonsense, or you're just not that into them.

   2021, Mandy Hale, Don't Believe the Swipe: Finding Love without Losing Yourself, Baker Books, →ISBN

   I'd sent both Ray and Jaz apology messages over the weekend. Ray had responded by blocking me, and Jaz had left me on “read”—not that I blamed either of them.

   2021, Sophie Gonzales, chapter 19, in Perfect on Paper, Wednesday Books, →ISBN

   “You've left me on read since one o'clock.” This was true; she'd sent me a long string of increasingly distraught and complicated emojis that I'd flicked away to decipher later. I'm not much for hieroglyphics.

   2021, Katie Jane Gallagher, Unearthly, Hidden Bower Press

   Synonyms: leave someone on seen, bluetick