Is it pulled to preserve neck of jumper? (7)

I haven't cracked this one yet — but the brilliant team at Fifteensquared have:

Not sure about this, but possibly rip(=preserve, as in the term for making electronic copies of something on a tape, CD etc) + cord(=neck of jumper, which would be a sort of cord). Could be considered an &lit but "Is it pulled" wouldn't really fit as part of the secondary clue, so I've just gone for that as the def.