E-books didn't have enough traction yet, and then the dot-com bubble burst.
Michele Bachmann never gained enough traction to present a serious, prolonged threat.
But in neither case did the hardline "better off without them" vote get enough traction to get beyond a fifth.
In the same snowy situation, the unstuck wheel may gain enough traction to pull the car free.
Gears grinding, wheels spinning, the Jeep creaked through the fog, finding just enough traction to climb the massive mounds of rubble that had been violently tossed around us.
This argument had gained enough traction by May, 2014, that an executive at Shell, facing questions from investors, felt compelled to write a twenty-page letter dismissing it.
He had initially promised to try to bring the show back to Broadway this year but said that "there wasn't enough traction to go forward".
The point of the extension, the official said, is to allow the negotiations to gain enough traction to continue without further disruption.
When that did not get enough traction, he said of the rebels: "They feel trigger happy, and they shoot especially when they are stoned on drugs".
"It's all about getting the car braking hard and making sure you have enough traction out of the corner because afterward there is a long straight".
Several lawmakers, too, have weighed in on the medical bill issue, though they have not yet gained enough traction for their proposals.
