This means a child will become quite gentlemanly. For example: He'd become quite the little gentleman if you send him to that expensive school.
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contrapositionWhat does 'quite the little' mean?That is not a collocation. The collocations are 'quite the' (= very much) and 'little gentleman' (= polite boy).