Collocations for knack - noun
ADJECTIVE
real
amazing, incredible, uncanny
happy, unfortunate (both BrE)
He had the unfortunate knack of making enemies in the party.
amazing, incredible, uncanny
happy, unfortunate (both BrE)
He had the unfortunate knack of making enemies in the party.
VERB + knack
have
demonstrate, display, show
acquire, develop, get
Once you get the knack, it's easy.
demonstrate, display, show
acquire, develop, get
Once you get the knack, it's easy.
lose
I don't cook much these days and I think I may have lost the knack.
I don't cook much these days and I think I may have lost the knack.
PREPOSITION
knack for
a woman with a real knack for handling horses
a woman with a real knack for handling horses
knack of
He has the knack of scoring just when it's most needed.
He has the knack of scoring just when it's most needed.
knack to
Making omelettes isn't difficult, but there's a knack to it.
Making omelettes isn't difficult, but there's a knack to it.