"Are you returning the clothes?"

Translation: Επιστρέφετε τα ρούχα πίσω;

[Rob183829]

Please could you tell me what the function of πίσω is in this sentence, and it would mean without it.
Thanks

[Dimitra956826]

I think that this is a mistake, because επιστρέφω translates to return, come back, without πίσω. Επιστρέφω πίσω is a pleonasm, a redundancy. :/

[Rob183829]

Thanks

[Vivliothykarios]

For sure, you'd know better about how this sounds in Greek, D. But I was just wondering if maybe in Greek, you could get away with this as not a pleonasm, but as just an optional reinforcer. I'm thinking of the similar [accepted, optional] και in "συμπεριλαμβάνουν ΚΑΙ κρασί" in this lesson....

[Jimbo236]

What about using γυρίζετε, can it be used this way?