leave someone on read en · VERB
Pronunciation
- /ɹɛd/
- (US) audio
Meanings
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(Internet) To read someone's instant message(s) without giving a response, particularly on a platform that lets one see whether a message has been viewed.
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:My boyfriend left me on read yesterday after I asked him to send me a picture of his dog, which made me very angry!
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: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:“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:Left a nigga on read 'cause I felt like it
2018, “I Do”, performed by Cardi B ft. SZA:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| leaves someone on read | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| leaving someone on read | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| left someone on read | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| left someone on read | Tense=Past | lexicographic |
Relateds
Synonyms
leave someone on seen · bluetick
Translations (12)
es clavar el visto (read someone's message and not give any response) · fr laisser en vu (read someone's message and not give any response) · ja 既読スルーする (read someone's message and not give any response) · az görüldü atmaq (read someone's message and not give any response) · ja 既読無視する (read someone's message and not give any response) · ko 읽씹하다 (read someone's message and not give any response) · tr görüldü atmak (read someone's message and not give any response) · cmn 已讀不回 /已读不回 (read someone's message and not give any response) · nb reade (read someone's message and not give any response) · it lasciare visualizzato (read someone's message and not give any response) · fi jättää jonkun viestit luetuksi (read someone's message and not give any response) · es dejar en visto (read someone's message and not give any response)