leave someone on read

• read is a past participle here and so pronounced IPA^(key): /ɹɛd/

leave 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)

1. (Internet) To read someone's message or messages and not give any response, particularly on an instant messaging application where it is visible to any user as to whether or not the interlocutor has read a message.

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

• leave someone on seen