We want to know, but precipitous action won't gain us the knowledge.
The important thing was to keep the conspirators from taking any precipitous actions.
He added, "We do not believe there is any particular problem that requires precipitous action."
"We see no reason why your office should feel the need to take any precipitous action."
Would his sudden disappearance cause them to panic and take some precipitous action?
"We do not want to take precipitous action," he said.
Without direction, and probably on sheer instinct, Richard has already taken precipitous action.
There was no time for anything other than precipitous action.
If we panic and take precipitous action, we'll only mess things up.
It certainly was a precipitous action leading to some confusion.