Call on my friends vs To call in my friends

Both phrases are correct, but they have slightly different meanings. 'Call on my friends' means to visit or ask for help from your friends, while 'to call in my friends' means to ask your friends to come and help or participate in something. The choice between the two depends on the specific context and the intended meaning.

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Call on my friends

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase means to visit or ask for help from your friends. It is often used when you need assistance or support from your friends.

Examples:

I will call on my friends to help me move to my new apartment.
She called on her friends for advice when she was facing a difficult decision.

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I would vote against this report if we cannot reach agreement on it. I would also call on my friends to vote against the Fourçans report, although this distresses me greatly when I think about my friend, Mr Fourçans.
I call on my honourable friends to vote in favour of the agreed amendments brokered through unofficial consultations.
As for the committee of inquiry, may I call on my honourable friends not to turn Parliament into a referee in order to resolve internal Spanish differences.
I call on my honourable friends in all the groups to vote against the report and to give the Committee on Petitions the authority it deserves, with respect for the rule of law and without intervention in the work of justice.
As rapporteur for the general regulation, I call on my honourable friends here today to accept this text and to say yes for the following basic reasons:
My friends call me andy radical.
And you call yourself my friend...
I'll call my friend in Tokyo.
Whom I'm honored to call my friend.
Listen to me, you need to find a phone and call my friend.
So what? I call my friend, Thornton Goodrich.
I can call my friend Kim.
I am not going to call my friends until...
I'll call my friend Doug Mancino.
While I call my friend, The Ash.
Just let me call my friends.
Or I could call my friend at the L.A.P.D.
I call my friends up and tell them I got this girl I want to marry.
I can't call my friend 'cause one of your other residents Threw my phone in the swimming pool earlier.
I'll call my friend in the morning, see if your passports are ready.

Alternatives:

ask my friends for help
seek assistance from my friends

To call in my friends

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase means to ask your friends to come and help or participate in something. It is often used when you need additional support or manpower for a specific task or event.

Examples:

I will have to call in my friends to help organize the charity event.
She called in her friends to assist with the project.

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Three tries to Bob Butler with no response, so I put a call in to my judge friend.
Whom I'm honored to call my friend.
I am not going to call my friends until...
I was proud to call him my friend.
I'm glad to call him my friend.
To the Liddell family... whom I'm fortunate enough to call my friends.
The guy I used to call my friend had a moral compass.
I'd like to introduce you to a man I've been proud to call my friend for the past 15 years.
It gives me a chance to call my friend at the precinct office and ask about the permits.
This is so annoying, but I have to call my friend, Gina, back.
I told my friend to call me here.
I am proud, honored, and... baffled to call you my friend.
But I'm even more blessed to call him my friend.
Mr President, I am happy to be speaking on this major document tabled by Mr Bushill-Matthews, whom I have the honour to call my friend.
You want me to call my friends?
Mr President, since 2004 I have had many new colleagues from the accession countries here, some of whom I am proud to call my friends.
I can't believe I used to call these people my friends.
My friends call me andy radical.
And you call yourself my friend...
So I'm proud to introduce him today and to call him my friend.

Alternatives:

invite my friends to join
request the presence of my friends

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Call on my friends vs To call in my friends