is there any colloquial way to talk about this concept?
"He yelled at me first, but to gain the upper hand, he told the school principle that I started the fight. "
what do we call such act in English when people gain the upper hand to pretend they are not guilty for something.

Another example:

I lost the house key, but tell my mom that my brother did it.

Is there any expression in English for doing such mean act.

Thanks for your responses and thank you very much for reading the rather long question of mine.

Question

is there any colloquial way to talk about this concept?
"He yelled at me first, but to gain the upper hand, he told the school principle that I started the fight. "
what do we call such act in English when people gain the upper hand to pretend they are not guilty for something.

Another example:

I lost the house key, but tell my mom that my brother did it.

Is there any expression in English for doing such mean act.

Thanks for your responses and thank you very much for reading the rather long question of mine.

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We could use one of the euphemisms or just call it what it it, a lie.

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You can also say something like "shifted the blame." For example, "I lost the house key, but I shifted the blame to my brother."

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You can say to deflect. For example, he deflected by telling the teacher I started the fight

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