spuntare

spuntare sm allo spuntare del sole → at sunrise;

allo spuntare del giorno → at daybreak vt [+ coltello] → to break the point of [+ capelli]; to trim [+ elenco]; to tick off (BRIT); check off (US)

vi (= uscire) [germogli] → to sprout: [capelli] → to begin to grow: [denti] → to come through (= apparire); to appear (suddenly);

spuntarsi vr → to become blunt, lose its point;

spuntarla (fig) → to make it, win through