leave someone on read
English
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editleave someone on read (third-person singular simple present leaves someone on read, present participle leaving someone on read, simple past and past participle left someone on read)
- (Internet slang) To read someone's message or messages and not give any response, particularly on an instant messaging application where a user can see whether or not their interlocutor has read their message.
- Synonyms: leave someone on seen, bluetick
- My boyfriend left me on read yesterday after I asked him to send me a picture of his dog, which made me very angry!
- 2021, Katie Jane Gallagher, Unearthly[3], Hidden Bower Press:
- “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.
Translations
editread someone's message and not give any response
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