Right time to turn back during eg ramble (5)
I believe the answer is:
stray
'ramble' is the definition.
(I know that ramble can be written as stray)
'right time to turn back during eg' is the wordplay.
'right' becomes 'r' (abbreviation).
'time' becomes 't' (abbreviation).
'to turn back' says the letters should be written backwards (I've seen 'turning back' mean this).
'during' indicates putting letters inside.
'eg' becomes 'say' (both can mean 'for example').
'r'+'t'='rt'
'rt' written backwards gives 'tr'.
'tr' placed inside 'say' is 'STRAY'.
(Other definitions for stray that I've seen before include "Waif and - -" , "Go off course" , "Appearing occasionally" , "digress" , "Drift - isolated" .)