A: I thought you and John were close. What happened between you two?

B: We were good friends since childhood. We went to the same university and ended up working for the same company. But now that he got promoted, he would boss me around all the time, even when we were hanging out together.

Note: This slangy term means “to tell one what to do in a forceful and unpleasant way.” This phrase is often used to emphasize someone's behavior as controlling and/or unwarranted. The use of “boss” in the sense of "to dominate" dates from the mid-1800s, and “around” was added a few decades later.