Meaning of leave someone on read | Babel Free

Definitions

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.

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Examples

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

“Left a nigga on read 'cause I felt like it”

“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”

“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.”

“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.”

““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.”

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