Is there a phrase for making someone do something that is your duty by making it look like it is their responsibility? [duplicate]
Solution 1:
I think to pass the buck is similar. Lexico defines it as
Shift the responsibility for something to someone else.
For the meaning of buck, Etymonline quotes an 1887 book on poker:
The 'buck' is any inanimate object, usually [a] knife or pencil, which is thrown into a jack pot and temporarily taken by the winner of the pot. Whenever the deal reaches the holder of the 'buck', a new jack pot must be made."