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I came across this sentence in my JLPT mock test book:

> 今の暮らしにはモノが溢れ、 **捨てても捨てても** 増え続ける。

I don't understand what kind of grammar and what is the meaning of the bold
phrase. It looks like an expression.
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捨てても捨てても - what does this phrase mean?
Unless it's an expression that I've never heard before, it just sounds like a
straight-forward, emphatically figurative translation.

> In my life right now, (I'm) overflowing/inundated with things; (such that)
> even if I throw them away [twice for emphasis], they continue increasing.
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It's a phrase to express "despite doing it over and over". You can use it with
other verbs e.g. 食べても食べてもお腹がいっぱいにならない、拭いても拭いても落ちない etc
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