How would you go about saying you "stopped wearing" something? I'm trying to
say "I stopped wearing uniforms at X high school." and I'm incredibly tripped
up by how to put verbs into this sentence.

I know how to say I was wearing something (「...きました。」) and that I wasn't
wearing something (「...きませんでした。」), but I cant quite figure out how to say
"stopped wearing".

Is 「Xこうこうでユニフォームをきるのをとまりました。」 correct?
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How would you say you "stopped wearing" something?
> Is 「Xこうこうでユニフォームをきるのを **とまりました** 。」 correct?

No, it is not though it was a nice try. Why not?

Mostly because you used 「とまる」, which is an intransitive verb. You can never
say 「～～ **を** とまる」. (You must say 「～～をと **め** る」 as 「とめる」 is transitive.)

In this context, however, 「やめる」 would be a far more natural verb choice than
「とめる」. You can say:

> 「Xこうこう **では** ユニフォームをきるのを **やめました** 。」

More naturally, we would use 「制服{せいふく}」 over 「ユニフォーム」, but that has nothing to
do with grammar.

Advanced learners would need to know to say:

> 「X高校{こうこう}では制服を廃止{はいし}しました。」
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> I stopped wearing uniforms at X high school.

Although the above sentence given by the questioner should have only one
meaning, since my understanding of English is insufficient, I understand it as
the following two possible meanings.

Apart from the intention of the questioner, I'll try to present natural
Japanese for each of these two interpretations.

### Interpretation 1:

I am an authoritative person who can change the rules of this high school like
the principal. So, I decided to change school rules and abolish the students'
uniforms or teachers' uniforms.  
私｛わたし｝はＸ高校｛こうこう｝の（生徒｛せいと｝または教職員｛きょうしょくいん｝の）制服｛せいふく｝着用｛ちゃくよう｝を廃止｛はいし｝した。

### Interpretation 2:

I am a student of X High School. In school rules, you are free to wear
uniforms or wear plain clothes or casual clothes at school. I had been wearing
uniforms until recently, but I decided to go to school with plain clothes.  
私{わたし}はＸ高校｛こうこう｝に制服｛せいふく｝で行｛い｝くことをやめた。
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